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slug pub
 n.— «A dish of beer, which Conrad and Petterson like to call the “slug pub,” does away with the slimy critters. “The slugs are attracted to the beer, and they die happy.”» —“Gardeners keepin’ it green” by Sandy Illian Bosch Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minnesota) May 24, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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