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toast rack
 n.— «The company yesterday pleaded guilty in the Balclutha District Court to failing to take all practicable steps to ensure Stewart Leslie Michie was not exposed to hazards arising from the storage of pre-fabricated concrete panels on what the industry refers to as “toast racks.”» —“Company fined after slab crushes employee” Stuff.co.nz (New Zealand) Apr. 23, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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