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When German father Nils Pickert donned a skirt out of support for his 5-year-old cross-dressing son, it sparked a debate.

In August, a 32-year-old man named Nils Pickert put on a skirt.

Nils paused close to the mill, and peered intently into the rushing current; but nothing appeared.

Nils begged for time to consider, and the next day surprised them by declining the startling offer.

They then took leave of him, and a month after their departure there arrived from Germany a box addressed to Nils.

Still Nils kept on making good resolutions and breaking them, and then piecing them together again and breaking them anew.

But the schoolmaster, hearing that Nils could not play, thought his request a foolish one and refused.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nils, such as: nil, aught, blank, bottom, cipher, and nada.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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