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noun
1.
Building Trades. a log, concrete block, etc., buried in the ground as an anchor.
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a crutchlike prop temporarily supporting a pole or mast being erected.
adjective
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Also, dead-man's. Machinery, Automotive. of or pertaining to a control or switch on a powered machine or vehicle that disengages a blade or clutch, applies the brake, shuts off the engine, etc., when the driver or operator ceases to press a pedal, squeeze a throttle, etc.: deadman throttle; dead-man's control.
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Deadman
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| 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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