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v. - Cook in a simmering liquid; Hunt illegally.

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  • The insulting minstrel shows stole black music because there wasn't anything as interesting to poach from the white musical tradition.
  • Something yummy and easy my Texan best friend does is sort of "poach" chicken breasts in a can of rotel.
  • Each environment has different infrastructure (often used to 'poach' users from other social network websites).
  • They will probably "poach" a lot of business from Jake's
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