vomit draft
n.— «Later, reading her typed notes, I was embarrassed that I had subjected her to what I thought of as a “vomit draft,” from which I hoped to build a narrative one day.» —by Ved Mehta All For Love Oct., 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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