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n. - A long narrow shallow-draft boat with a flat bottom and a triangular sail; A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games; An alert and energetic person.

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  • A poor nerd (you can recognize them by the Autobot/Decepticon logos stencilled onto their brown paper lunch bags in sharpie).
  • The sharpie was a parting gift for the lucky fan who caught it.
  • For the first bagel, I have them draw the indicated lines with a "sharpie".
  • However, if there's one other thing that is synonymous with "sharpie" it's "inky bleed through".
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