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Finnigan pin

Finnigan pin
 n.— «It seems they wanted to remove my carbon and install new Finnigan pins all around and now I’m so healthy I’ve got Johnny Weissmuller scared striped about his Tarzan work.» —“Psst…Here’s That Man Again” in advert. Los Angeles Times Jan. 13, 1941. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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