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pre-K
 adj.— «When we talk of the recent crime wave in our city, we inevitably refer to it as a ‘pre-K’ phenomenon. You’ll hear people say things like, “Yeah, but that place was abondoned long before Katrina.”» —“Katrina Glasses” by Scott Harney Nix Bits (New Orleans, Lousiana) Jan. 12, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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