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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A woman who dabbles in stock-gambling.
  • noun Clapin, Americanisms.
  • noun The common gallinule, Gallinula galeata.
  • noun Also mud-pullet.
  • noun The American coot, Fulica americana.
  • noun Same as marsh-hen .
  • noun A bivalve mollusk of the family Veneridæ and genus Tapes. It is common along the European coasts on sandy bottoms near low-water mark. See hen, n., 4.

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