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• Ruby, Jack
  1. (1911-67) the man who killed Lee Harvey OSWALD two days after OSWALD was charged with killing President John F. KENNEDY . Some people believed that these actions were part of a CONSPIRACY (= secret plan) to kill the President, and that Ruby shot OSWALD to prevent him from giving any information about it.
• balas ruby (noun)
  1. a pale rose-coloured variety of the ruby spinel
• ruby spinel (noun)
  1. usually dark red a spinel used as a gemstone
• ruby wood (noun)
  1. Pterocarpus santalinus hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees ; prized for cabinetwork
• ruby-crowned kinglet (noun)
  1. american kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch
• ruby-crowned wren (noun)
  1. american kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch
• ruby-red (adjective)
  1. next to orange of a colour at the end of the colour spectrum ; resembling the colour of blood, cherries, tomatoes or rubies
• spinel ruby (noun)
  1. usually dark red a spinel used as a gemstone
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