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hammerhead
 n.— «National competitions have developed since the first “hammerhead,” a self-descriptive term used among hardcore bikers, plunged downhill on a ski slope.» —“Mountain bikers are taking the plunge in the Carrabassett Valley” by Brian Swartz Bangor Daily News (Maine) June 15, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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