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brigantine
bright
bright-eyed
bright lights
bright line
bright nebula
Bright’s disease
bright spark
bright young thing
brighten
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brightener
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brill
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bright young thing

bright young thing (plural bright young things)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. young intelligent person: a young intelligent person thought likely to succeed

2. Twenties socialite: a member of a young and fashionable social set in Great Britain in the 1920s and 1930s who regarded themselves as setting new fashions in dress, music, behavior, and style

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