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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of pulling or plucking off; a cropping.
  • noun That which is pulled off or separated; a fragment.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of plucking off; a cropping.
  • noun That which is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of plucking off; a cropping.
  • noun That which is plucked off or torn away; a fragment; a piece.

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