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elevens
 n.pl.— «Vicki Roy was about to get married and didn’t like the creases between her eyebrows—the “elevens,” as she calls them—that appeared whenever she squinted or frowned.» —“Young and using Botox to stay that way” by Jane Weaver MSNBC Nov. 14, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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