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"A length of cord about a metre long with a narrow cylindrical weight at one end and loops at the other. Used for cleaning rifle barrels, by pulling through a piece of cloth."
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"(gambling) The trick of apparently cutting the cards while leaving the deck in the same sequence as before."
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