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Day: August 17, 2018

They pissed their pants

“…drifting a little further, they found themselves surrounded by the white gunboats of the ‘Turks,’ and so incontinently surrendered.”

Winston Churchill, The River War

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Verb: To speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.

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