preesh

preesh
 v.— «Who knows where to find Ancient Chinese Archer images? Possibly Kyudo. NOT Turkish or Korean. I preesh.» —“Ancient Chinese Archers” by Diablo Usenet: rec.sport.archery Oct. 27, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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