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 v.— «Candy, constantly sucking her finger, says she thinks her nose is broken from a recent fight. “Two girls banked me,” she explains.» —“New Start seeks to change behavior” by Robin Farmer Richmond Times-Dispatch (Va.) Oct. 11, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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