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coal-and-ice

NOUN
fundamental
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bottom line component cornerstone element factor foundation law principle
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ABCs axiom basis constituent guts heart nitty-gritty rudiment rule theorem
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brass tacks principium rock bottom sine qua non
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cowardice fear
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addition auxiliary extra subordinate trivia
NOUN
gravamen
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basic bosom bottom line center core crux essence focal point focus gist hub kernel marrow meat middle nitty-gritty nub nucleus pith polestar quick quintessence root seat soul spirit stuff substance
NOUN
heart
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center core focus middle root soul
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basic bosom crux gist hub kernel marrow nitty-gritty nub nucleus pith polestar quick quintessence seat
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bottom line focal point
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border exterior exteriority margin outside
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periphery surface
NOUN
vital
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basic critical crucial decisive fundamental imperative important indispensable integral key meaningful necessary needed significant urgent
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bottom-line cardinal constitutive heavy life-or-death meat-and-potatoes must-have nitty-gritty prerequisite required requisite underlined
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additional extra inessential insignificant meaningless minor needless nonessential optional secondary trivial uncritical unimportant unnecessary useless voluntary worthless
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dead dull insignficant sluggish

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The world's No. 1 bobsledder is a coal-and-ice dealer from Cortina, Italy.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I could not say whether her father was a horse-driver or a stoker in a bath-house, but I do know that her husband kept a coal-and-ice cellar a few years ago."

From The Rise of David Levinsky by Cahan, Abraham