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1 a: a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger b: a device (as a stretcher) for carrying a sick or injured person2 a
(1): material used as bedding for animals
(2): material used to absorb the urine and feces of animals b: the uppermost slightly decayed layer of organic matter on the forest floor3: the offspring at one birth of a multiparous animal <a litter of puppies>4 a: trash, wastepaper, or garbage lying scattered about <trying to clean up the roadside litter> b: an untidy accumulation of objects <a shabby writing-desk covered with a litter of yellowish dusty documents
— Joseph Conrad>
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