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unburden the donkey

picket the goat

pluck the capon

shroud the corpses

tossing the caber

plug the hole

to place a tub bottom upward

wield the scepter

to chop logic―split hairs

put out an ashtray

to kill a louse

slip the hounds

trample on the can

hit the sack

dig a trench

dig a trench

to give a reason for anything―assign a pretext for anything

ossify the skull

draw the cork

rock the cradle

to rub off the dirt

to open oysters

to imitate others―lack originality

to fill a blank―fill up a gap―fill up a space

take off a hook

to clean out a ditch

play hide‐and‐seek

take snuff

to turn a hand-mill

a palanquin-bearer