garbage head
n.— «Berquist! That garbage head!» —by Robert A. Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land , 1961. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
garbage head
n.— «Berquist! That garbage head!» —by Robert A. Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land , 1961. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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