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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A demon who was said to collect all the fragments of words which the priests had skipped over or mutilated in the performance of the service, and to carry them to hell.

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  • A demon who was said to collect all the fragments of words which the priests had skipped over or mutilated in the performance of the service, and to carry them to hell.

    July 15, 2010

  • So that's what happened to them.

    July 22, 2010