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It Gets The Shaft

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noun

• excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

• explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel

verb

• get from the earth by excavation

• lay mines

35%8 Connects an input shaft to an output shaft
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25%9 What gets the shaft?
noun

• housing for a crankshaft

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New York Times21 Apr 1996 Down 44
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