diogenes' tub

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diogenes' tub - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, n.
     A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in
     Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims
     and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.
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     Diogenes' crab (Zool.), a species of terrestrial hermit
        crabs (Cenobita Diogenes), abundant in the West Indies
        and often destructive to crops.
  
     Diogenes' tub, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is
        said to have carried about with him as his house, in which
        he lived.
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