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shrunken

[shruhng-kuhn] / ˈʃrʌŋ kən /


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Stewart’s recipe for Shrunken Heads in Cider is a great party beverage that’s simple yet horrific.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025

Shrunken heads were then produced by people in the Amazon and by outsiders merely for trading purposes, with the earliest known account of an outsider making a tsantsa in 1872.

From New York Times • May 13, 2021

Shrunken seats and shriveled bathrooms allow the addition of two extra rows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 24, 2018

Shrunken practice time gives defensive fronts an advantage over offensive lines, which are more reliant on cohesion and coordination.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2017

Shrunken, wasted, drawn: surely there would be no place very long in this world for Mr. Verner.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.




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