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upkeep
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upkeep noun aid, backing, care, caring, economic support, endowment, fosterage, life support, maintenance, nourishment, nurturance, operating costs, preservation, provision, relief, safekeeping, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, support, support services, sustentation, total support, welfare
Associated concepts: maintenance
See also: alimony, assistance, conservation, maintenance, overhead, preservation, promotion, safekeeping, support, sustenance


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And as host of the party he was like a bouncing bomb, one minute gyrating some 70s moves to the amusement of the achievers and the next promoting his young VIPs to mesmerised sponsors.
1942: Barnes Wallis patented the bouncing bomb which was used against the German Mohne and Eder dams in 1943 by the RAF Dambusters Squadron.
1942: Barnes Wallis patented the bouncing bomb which was used against the German Mohne and Eder dams in 1943 by the RAF Dambusters Squadron.
 
 
 
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