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 (n): a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines
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5 months ago Asativum said:

Properly preceded by the word "my" when said, with a cackling laugh by crones of a certain age.

5 months ago Treeseed said:

(n): affectionate term for a small child
(n): Voodoo doll
(n): small doll used in sympathetic magic in some forms of Wicca
(n): any small doll
archaic form of puppet

9 months ago Minerva said: Lovelace to Belford (Clarissa by Samuel Richardson):

These lines of Rowe have got into my head; and I shall repeat them very devoutly all the way the chairmen shall poppet me towards her by-and-by.

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