snakebite

snakebite
 v.— «He just smiled and recalled that if you snakebite somebody’s waiver deal at one time, the time may come when you will want someone and another team will snakebite you.» —“Deals Still Possible After Trade Deadline” by Randy Minkoff in Chicago UPI June 22, 1982. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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Blessing Box (episode #1613)

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