'sacker
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| —n | |
| 1. | the plundering of a place by an army or mob, usually involving destruction, slaughter, etc |
| 2. | American football a tackle on a quarterback which brings him down before he has passed the ball |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to plunder and partially destroy (a place) |
| 4. | American football to tackle and bring down a quarterback before he has passed the ball |
| [C16: from French phrase mettre à sac, literally: to put (loot) in a sack, from Latin saccus | |
| 'sacker2 | |
| —n | |
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'sacker
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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