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Short Newspaper Piece Beginning To Badmouth Old Detective

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noun

• any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington

38%7Badmouth
verb

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

38%8Badmouth
verb

• say mean things

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