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 n.β€” Β«Cigarettes are like gold dust. Custody staff are not allowed to conduct internal examinations and the preferred method of eluding confiscation is “banking.”Β» β€”β€œHow I spent a day behind bars” by Lucy Adams The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland) Dec. 5, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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