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babylonsister

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8. Cull also means 'select from a large quantity'...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 27, 2020, 07:11 PM

Apr 2020

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verb: cull; 3rd person present: culls; past tense: culled; past participle: culled; gerund or present participle: culling

select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources.

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