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nick

noun as in chip, scratch

verb as in chip, scratch

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Even though the goat tumbled around six feet, she emerged from the ordeal with only a nick on her elbow, Robertson said.

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Burton replied: "You've never been nicked or had ye prints took anyway so doesn't matter".

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Brook played and missed, attempted two ramp shots after which he fell over both times, before nicking behind off Bosch's medium pace.

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"So sorry to hear about your bike getting nicked in Nottingham," the post said.

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The best he’ll do is trust they know he’s computed their running speed against the rate of the closing doors to ensure the humans make it in the nick of time.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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