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honking
 adj.— «Honking big burgers take too long to cook all the way through, which gives the exterior an opportunity to burn.» —“That primordial desire for burgers” by Debbie Moose News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) June 22, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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