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contra

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con·tra  (kntr)
prep.
In contrast or opposition to; against.
adv.
In opposition to something stated or expected; to the contrary.
[Latin contr, against; see kom in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.Contra - a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua
Nicaraguan - a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua


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He ran aft, drew in the sheet, and filled on the long tack toward the Contra Costa Hills.
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At an altitude of five hundred feet, the pigeon drove on over the town of Berkeley and lifted its flight to the Contra Costa hills.
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He taught certain uncouth lads, when they were of an age to enter society, the intricacies of contra dances, or the steps of the schottische and mazurka, and he was a marked figure in all social assemblies, though conspicuously absent from town-meetings and the purely masculine gatherings at the store or tavern or bridge.
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