segocia
n.— «What really puts the tin lid on it for Dr Ross after tonight’s brush with the rules and regs—a small matter of treating a little boy suffering from a degenerative nerve disease with an unlicensed drug still fizzing from the lab—is that even his old segocia Carol won’t back him up this time.» —“Doctor Ross! I think we’re losing you!” by Kenneth Wright The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland) Apr. 21, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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