teat

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  1. noun A nipple of the mammary gland; a mamilla.

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  • The imperial capitol maintains record levels of employment despite what downturns may occur in that zone of nobodies known as the rest of the country, and whichever the wind that blows with the administration, a job at the beltway teat is as certain as the sunrise in the east, though officials may be employed to prove the sun rises elsewhere. —  CounterPunch
  • They obviously haven't been over to taste Mrs. Johnson's grilled burgers (dry as a witches teat, and only slightly more palatable than a hockey puck ... a point I never waste mentioning to her as I sprint to the grill to take charge of the burgers before she does!). —  The Zinquisition
  • Weaning these entities from the public teat will be a political challenge. —  Texas Startup Blog
  • Those that reject the teat are to be defined as 'terrorists', 'dangerous radicals', —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • Michelle Malkin reports the next in line for the teat are auto parts suppliers to the tune of —  No Runny Eggs
 

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  1. Middle English tete, from Old French, of Germanic origin.

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  1. Early modern English also teate; from Middle English tete, from Old French tete, tette, French tette = Provencal Portuguese Spanish teta = Italian tetta, teat; from the Teutonic word represented by the native English tit, from Middle English tit, titte, from Anglo-Saxon tit (titt-), etc.: see tit.
 

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