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badger
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2009
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badg·er
/ ˈbajər/
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n.
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a heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a gray and black coat. Several genera and species include the North American Taxidea taxus, with a white stripe on the head.
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(Badger) inf.
a native of Wisconsin.
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v. [tr.]
ask (someone) repeatedly and annoyingly for something; pester:
they badgered him about the deals.
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Badger Daylighting Inc. Announces Mailing of Information Circular; TSX - BAD.
PR Newswire; 2/27/2004; 700+ words
; Badger Daylighting Inc. ("Badger") announced today it has mailed an Information Circular to its...respect to its proposed conversion into an income fund to be named Badger Income Fund ("Badger Fund"), pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement...
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Badgers: digging machines. (Column)
Magazine article from: Sports Afield; 2/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...kind of soil, a badger can disappear in...North American badgers like to dig in...up to 12 years. BADGER LORE Legends about badgers are as dubious...underground by other badgers. Then there is...therapeutic property of badger fat. World badger...
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Badgers facing threat of holocaust
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...report on TB and badgers. He believes the badger population is out...make one sett 8 1 badger can eat 200 worms in a night 9 Some badgers are ginger 10 In the summer heat, some badgers come out and sun themselves BADGER POPULATIONS...
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Badgers set to influence city's growth
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 3/9/2004; ; 538 words
; ...real step forward for badger conservation and development in the urban fringe. Badgers have a clear reliance...the strategy important badger areas will be mapped out to identify "badger pressure points" and...is needed. Although badgers are not especially rare...
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Badger Income Fund releases United States tax information; TSX-BAD.UN.
PR Newswire; 4/5/2005; 700+ words
; ...April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Badger Income Fund today released information...income tax purposes, that the units of Badger Income Fund more likely than not will...is determined based upon the greater of Badger Income Fund's current or accumulated...
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BADGERS KEEP ROLLING, BUT ILLINI ON HORIZON.(SPORTS)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 1/21/2002; 700+ words
; ...season to date Wednesday night when the Badgers travel to Champaign. "But we'll be ready," said the Badgers' sophomore guard. "We're just riding...games in as impressive a fashion as the Badgers have over a one-week period. Their...
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Badger Predation on Yellow-bellied Marmots
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...of being killed by a badger was highest for young...lowest for adults. Badgers probably have little...assess the frequency of badger predation on colonial...describe the behavior of badgers and marmots during badger incursions into marmot...
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BADGERS NOT A LOST CAUSE UW LEARNS IN OT DEFEAT AT MARYLAND.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 12/3/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Maryland was a setback. That would mean the Badgers were hanging their heads and dwelling...proof of the physical battle that the Badgers lost. "You can't go back and change...And make no mistake, the 15th-ranked Badgers (3-1) learned a great deal from their...
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BADGERS GIVE WAITE 100TH WIN.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 11/2/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...percentage (100-22) while taking the Badgers to the NCAA championship game in 2000...he was looking ahead after the No. 15 Badgers used a young lineup to sweep Indiana in...120 at the UW Field House. It was the Badgers' second straight win as they improved...
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Badgers bunk up at Botanics
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 4/21/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...not sure where these badgers have came from, but...takes groups of people badger spotting on Corstorphine Hill in summer. Badgers can also be found in...don't know what the badgers are like. I saw one...see the occasional dead badger beside the road, and...
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Badger Meter, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Badger Meter, Inc. 4545 West Brown Deer Road...Industrial Valves; 3492 Control Valves Badger Meter, Inc. was born on the afternoon...four Milwaukee businessmen incorporated the Badger Meter Manufacturing Company to fabricate...
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Badgers
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...night, and dawn. Badgers are strong, tough...American or prairie badger ( Taxidea taxus...the year. American badgers scent-mark their...glands. The American badger is primarily a carnivore...cultivate American badgers on fur farms, but...range of the Eurasian badger ( Meles meles ) ...
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Badger Paper Mills, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Badger Paper Mills, Inc. 200 West Front Street...Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 2621 Paper Mills Badger Paper Mills, Inc. is a leading producer...papers for the flexible packaging industry. Badger makes about two-thirds of the government...
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Badger, George Edmund
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
BADGER, GEORGE EDMUND George Edmund Badger was a lawyer, judge, and politician, and the subject of a...died prematurely and a daughter of a Revolutionary War leader, Badger was born on April 17, 1795, in New Bern, North Carolina...
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honey badger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...resemblance in teeth, the honey badger resembles in fossorial form...fierce disposition the true badgers. The honey badger has short legs and stout...The bird and the honey badger then share the honey. Honey badgers travel singly or in pairs...
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