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 n.— «But meanwhile, port operators aren’t taking seemingly simple steps such as checking the “condo” sleeping unit behind the driver’s cab, where bunk beds could accommodate half a dozen men with equipment.…I hid in the “condo,” behind a curtain.» —“Piercing port security easy as hitching a ride” by Alwyn Scott Seattle Times (Washington) July 25, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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