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chestal
 adj.— «Florence Scannel is a man of about 5 feet 5 in height, light complexion and stout build, with a chestal and muscular development such as the writer never saw equalled.» —by Eugene J. Post The Wig and the Jimmy , 1869. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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