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☆ four-letter word (fôr′let′ər)

any of several short words having to do with sex or excrement and generally regarded as offensive or objectionable

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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