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"she was the belle of the ball"nouna young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivalstype of:
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- pegasus (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination
- corbel arch (architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet
- war of greek independence the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size)
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