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wooly-booger
 n.— «Rep. Robert Barton, R-Bossier City, introducing his bill to exempt Shreveport-area riverboat casinos from Coast Guard inspections. “I’m not bringing you a wooly-booger.”» —“Baton Rouge Report News And Views From The Louisiana Legislature” New Orleans Times-Picayune (Louisiana) May 30, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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