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"Money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early."
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"Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley."
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"(bowling) Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley."
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"Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement."
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"(nautical) Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement."
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"text": "The defendant […] sustained the injuries at Swatzell's switch, by getting his arm caught between the deadwoods of two freight cars […]",
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"Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space."
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"(by extension) Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space."
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"Cards in a hand that do not contribute to sets and which are usually counted as points against the player holding the hand."
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"(rummy) Cards in a hand that do not contribute to sets and which are usually counted as points against the player holding the hand."
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"Cards that have been discarded."
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"(poker) Cards that have been discarded."
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"(bowling) Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley."
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"bowling",
"hobbies",
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"Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement."
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"nautical",
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"Vertical",
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"plank",
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"keel",
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"(nautical) Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement."
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"nautical",
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"Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space."
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"(by extension) Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space."
],
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"countable",
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"Cards in a hand that do not contribute to sets and which are usually counted as points against the player holding the hand."
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"Cards that have been discarded."
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"(poker) Cards that have been discarded."
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"sense": "woody debris",
"word": "deadfall"
}
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "potiche"
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