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                                                      : a slender staff carried in a procession : verge                                      
                
                    
2
                    
                                          
              
          
                                                      : a slender rod used by conjurers and magicians                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : a slat six feet by two inches used as a target in archery                                      
                
                                
            also                
          
                                                      : a narrow strip of paper pasted vertically on a target face                                      
            
            4
                    
                                          
              
          
                                                      : any of various pipelike devices                                      
                
                                
            especially                
          
                                                      : the rigid tube between the hose and the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner                                      
            
            5
                    
                                          
              
          
                                                      : a handheld device used to enter information (as from a bar code) into a computer                                      
                
                    
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