"spear biscuits" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-spear biscuits.ogg Forms: spears biscuits [present, singular, third-person], spearing biscuits [participle, present], speared biscuits [participle, past], speared biscuits [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=spear biscuits}} spear biscuits (third-person singular simple present spears biscuits, present participle spearing biscuits, simple past and past participle speared biscuits)
  1. (homeless slang) To search garbage for food.
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spear, biscuits.
    Sense id: en-spear_biscuits-en-verb-IoF7J~Wz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88
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