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right1 Right Bank a district of the city of Paris, situated on the right bank of the River Seine, to the north of the river. The area contains the Champs Élysées and the Louvre.
somewhere to the right of Genghis Khan holding right-wing views of the most extreme kind;
Genghis Khan taken as the type of a repressive and tyrannical ruler.
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SIC 2385 Waterproof Outerwear
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