gaunch
n.— «“Didja see the way I incapacitated him with my monkish gaunch pull?” cried Dingbat excitedly. There was a pause. “Uh, Dingbat, he’s not wearing a gaunch.”» —“Humorous Story (Part Two)” by Michael McAleese in Canada Usenet: rec.games.frp Nov. 19, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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