weasel
n.— «All heavy equipment experts, the men will supervise the disposition of bulldozers and “weasels” used in battling through to isolated ranchers and livestock.» —“Thirteen Belvoir Officers Off for Blizzard Duty” Washington Post Feb. 2, 1949. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Iranian-American poet Solmaz Sharif once observed that “The duty of the writer…is to remind us that we will die. And that we aren’t dead yet.” This is part of a complete episode.
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