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gozhd|u'a|r adj (i) 1 nailed tight/shut 2 [Fig] fixed in place, required to stay in one place for a long time gozhu'p nm 1 sleeveless coat made of fleece: sheepskin cloak 2 leather or twill jacket with cotton padding 3 corn husk GPU [gë-pu'] abbrev (Russian) < Gosudarstvennoe Politiçeskoe Upravlenie (Hist) GPU = state secret police in the Soviet Union