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Coward Say Awfully Wary In Dire Straits

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noun

• someone who writes plays

46%8In dire straits
adjective satellite

• marked by poverty befitting a beggar

• (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

46%5In dire straits
adjective satellite

• lacking funds

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