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gone pecan

gone pecan
 n.— «Mandisa is a gone pecan, as they say in some parts of the South; she’s got soul, tons of soul, but that apparently doesn’t help when you butcher a country song.» —“Mandisa is eliminated on ‘Idol’” Boston Globe (Mass.) Apr. 6, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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