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suffix— «She didn’t win, but it was pretty clear she was there not to demonstrate her superior cooking fu but to spread the word of Thai food to Japan.» —by Trip Trip’s Brain-Sucking Web Site Jan. 26, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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