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Cut Number In Custody

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verb

• form by carving

• engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface

• cut to pieces

22%7 Vegetable cut, cut and cut again
noun

• the whitish root of cultivated parsnip

• a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root

• whitish edible root; eaten cooked

21%6Cut short or cut off abruptly
adjective satellite

• short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

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