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double dead meat

double dead meat
 adj.— «“Double dead meat” is a local parlance for hot meat from swine, cow or chicken that died from a disease but still being sold as “fresh.”» —“DA confiscates 1,000 kilograms of ‘double dead meat’” News.balita.ph (Philippines) Mar. 6, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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