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n. - (Old Testament) One of the first sons of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.

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  • Mc Cain is just courting you back across the border
  • Cain is exceeded in this wickedness, and a worse than
  • Voting for Mc Cain is like taking a suicide pill ....
  • So far – Mc Cain is deep in bed with a lot of crooks!
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  • The man with the "cane" (walking stick) watched the woman in the "kain" (sarong) as she raised "Cain" (Adam and Eve's son who his brother, raising Cain refers to behaving boisterously) at the party.
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