'furbisher

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furbish (ˈfɜːbɪʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to make bright by polishing; burnish
2.  (often foll by up) to improve the appearance or condition of; renovate; restore
 
[C14: from Old French fourbir to polish, of Germanic origin]
 
'furbisher
 
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'furbisher is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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