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thrillionaire
 n.— «Thrillionaire Richard Garriott and a handful of others defied a court order and toured the wreckage of the Titanic last week. The 37-year-old Origin Systems co-founder paid a reported $65,000 for the trip.» —“Austinites peek into the remains of Titanic wreck” by Michael Corcoran Austin American-Statesman (Texas) Sept. 19, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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