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- any of various gruiform marsh birds (family Rallidae) with long thin feet and a platelike frontal area on the head, that both swim and wade; a gallinule.
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- an old quantity-measure.
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- a man who brings agony, great pain or shame to his family.
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- a woman who brings agony, great pain or shame to his family.
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- the quality that is not befitting a gentleman or regarded as the one that a decent man should not have.
- a daring, hazardous undertaking; a reckless adventure.