receipt
n.— «This match, as Joey might put it, was a “receipt” for Awesome throwing Vader out of the Extreme Rumble for the DEWF Heavyweight Title. Really. It was gruesome.» —“DEWF Thursday Thunder for 4/25/96!!! (Part One)” by The Undertaker (undrtker@mo.net) Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy Apr. 25, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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