"damp squid" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \ˈdæmp ˌskwɪd\ Forms: damp squids [plural]
  1. Variante de damp squib (littéralement, « calamar mouillé » au lieu de « pétard mouillé »).
    Sense id: fr-damp_squid-en-noun-l3X4DdNO Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    "(Date à préciser) Causé par ressemblance phonétique entre squib et squid."
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    "[Alt: attention] Il s’agit d’un terme utilisé qui n’est pas d’un usage standard."
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          "text": "And furthermore, I would like to say at this point that I think this whole case to be a damp squid.",
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    "(Date à préciser) Causé par ressemblance phonétique entre squib et squid."
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