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dagga rooker
169; South African colloquial term for a person who smokes dagga, a South African word for marijuana;

Dance of Lavalava, the Volcano Goddess
27; performed by Miss McAdoo

Dante (1265-1321)
154; Durante degli Alighieri, better known as Dante Alighieri or simply Dante, was an Italian Florentine poet. Wikipedia entry

Dash, Mayva
88; saloon girl at Pap Wyman's Saloon; married Webb Traverse

De Forest
29;

Descarte, René (1596-1650)
10; René Descartes, also known as Cartesius, was a noted French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the "Founder of Modern Philosophy" and the "Father of Modern Mathematics," he ranks as one of the most important and influential thinkers of modern times. For good or bad, much of subsequent western philosophy is a reaction to his writings, which have been closely studied from his time down to the present day; Wikipedia entry

de Wolfe, Elsie
161; interior designer

delirium
41;

Diaz, President Porfirio
7; José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), Mexican war hero and President (later considered a dictator), ruled Mexico from 1876 until 1911 (with the exception of a four-year period); Wikipedia entry

Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)
167; Charles John Huffam Dickens, pen-name "Boz", was an English novelist. Wikipedia entry

Dishforth's Illustrated Weekly
75; in which Merle Rideout reads an article about Erlys

Drave
39;

duck soup
25; cinch: any undertaking that is easy to do;

dynamite
81;