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cockspur

(n): widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass
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about 1 year ago brtom said:

"In amazon costume, hard hat, jackboots cockspurred, vermilion waistcoat, fawn musketeer gauntlets with braided drums, long train held up and hunting crop with which she strikes her welt constantly."
Joyce, Ulysses, 15

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