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Drink Downstairs Nonsense According To A Shanty Singer

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36%9 Sailor's primitive shanty? Utter nonsense!
noun

• a message whose content is at variance with reason

• a ludicrous folly

31%8Downstairs area
noun

• the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

• the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture

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