Duck-bill, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back s…

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Duck-bill, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back season. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.48, 谷月社
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Duck-bill, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back season. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.48, 谷月社

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