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n. - An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.

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  • November 4, 2007 at 10:15 am no lolagator for funny reptiles? fizgig says:
  • NB: sorry for the anger… just kinda annoying, and i had a bad day fizgig says:
  • November 15, 2007 at 3:10 pm thx i tot so akshuly, but wuznt shure i iz not naetiv inglish speakur so stuf liek harbls get bai me im afrayed aye fizgig says:
  • Deliverance Dobbins, a frumpish, fizgig of a maid, ever complaining of bodily ills though her chuffy cheeks were red as pippins, reported that one day when she had gone...
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