Beppu (n.) The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the fi…

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Beppu (n.) The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page. ✨ Douglas Adams, John Lloyd (2013). The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For, p.15, Pan Macmillan
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Beppu (n.) The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page. ✨ Douglas Adams, John Lloyd (2013). The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For, p.15, Pan Macmillan

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