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: with brisk dispatch and completeness : summarily turned her out into the street neck and crop— W. S. Maugham

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“Neck and crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neck%20and%20crop. Accessed 16 Aug. 2022.

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