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(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
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Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
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(US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
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(US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
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(US, slang) A worthless horse.
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(dated) Any worn-out or useless article.
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(dated, slang) A book that fails to sell.
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(construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
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(slang) A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.
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(geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
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(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
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(horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
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A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.
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(jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
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(slang) A drug dealer.
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A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
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(aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
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Short for fireplug (“fire hydrant”).