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suck rubber
 v. phr.— «Did he have to suck rubber? (That is, practice military exercises while wearing a gas mask).» —“Re: He doesn’t know jack-shit” by Karen Schneider Usenet:  alt.usage.english Oct. 28, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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