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"(transitive) To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance."
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"(transitive) To trick."
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"ref": "1992, Patrick Suraci, Male sexual armor, page 169",
"text": "She laughed and started to play with me. I started getting hard and really got turned on. I liked her giving me all the attention. I begged her to suck my cock. I was ready to explode. She went down on me and I had a terrific orgasm.",
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"word": "bawić się"
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