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ahead
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adv 1: at or in the front; "I see the lights of a town ahead";
"the road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we
couldn't see over the heads of the people in front";
"with the cross of Jesus marching on before" [syn:
ahead, in front, before]
2: toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in
imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to
seeing you" [syn: ahead, forward] [ant: back,
backward]
3: in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead
slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the
forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: ahead,
onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader]
4: ahead of time; in anticipation; "when you pay ahead (or in
advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan ahead";
"should have made reservations beforehand" [syn: ahead, in
advance, beforehand]
5: to a more advanced or advantageous position; "a young man
sure to get ahead"; "pushing talented students ahead"
6: to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced
either toward the present or toward the future); "moved the
appointment ahead from Tuesday to Monday"; "pushed the
deadline ahead from Tuesday to Wednesday"
7: leading or ahead in a competition; "the horse was three
lengths ahead going into the home stretch"; "ahead by two
pawns"; "our candidate is in the lead in the polls"; "way out
front in the race"; "the advertising campaign put them out
front in sales" [syn: ahead, out front, in the lead]
adj 1: having the leading position or higher score in a contest;
"he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant
race" [syn: ahead(p), in the lead, leading]
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airhead
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n 1: a flighty scatterbrained simpleton; "she's a total
airhead"; "every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy
one"
2: a bridgehead seized by airborne troops
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arrowhead
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n 1: the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
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baldhead
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n 1: a person whose head is bald [syn: baldhead, baldpate,
baldy]
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beachhead
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n 1: a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an
amphibious operation; "the Germans were desperately trying
to contain the Anzio beachhead"
2: an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further
developments; "the town became a beachhead in the campaign to
ban smoking outdoors"; "they are presently attempting to gain
a foothold in the Russian market" [syn: beachhead,
foothold]
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behead
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v 1: cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the
Revolution" [syn: decapitate, behead, decollate]
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blackhead
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n 1: a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin [syn:
blackhead, comedo]
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blockhead
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n 1: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low
opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce,
dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead,
lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead,
muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead]
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bonehead
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n 1: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low
opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce,
dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead,
lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead,
muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead]
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bowhead
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n 1: large-mouthed Arctic whale [syn: bowhead, bowhead
whale, Greenland whale, Balaena mysticetus]
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bridgehead
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n 1: an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is
held awaiting further troops and supplies; "an attempt to
secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines"; "the only foothold
left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar" [syn:
bridgehead, foothold]
2: a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
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bufflehead
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n 1: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head
plumage [syn: bufflehead, butterball, dipper,
Bucephela albeola]
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bulkhead
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n 1: a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
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bullhead
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n 1: freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head
with hornlike spines
2: any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United
States [syn: bullhead, bullhead catfish]
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copperhead
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n 1: common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United
States [syn: copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix]
2: venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia [syn:
copperhead, Denisonia superba]
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deadhead
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n 1: a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way; "the
deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as
possible"
2: a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
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drumhead
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adj 1: performed speedily and without formality; "a summary
execution"; "summary justice" [syn: drumhead,
summary]
n 1: a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum [syn:
drumhead, head]
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dunderhead
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n 1: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low
opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce,
dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead,
lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead,
muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead]
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egghead
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n 1: an intellectual; a very studious and academic person; "in
spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead"
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fathead
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n 1: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead,
goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo,
twat, zany]
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figurehead
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n 1: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
[syn: front man, front, figurehead, nominal head,
straw man, strawman]
2: figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
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flathead
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n 1: food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific;
resembles gurnards
2: pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a
duck-like snout
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fountainhead
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n 1: an abundant source; "she was a well of information" [syn:
well, wellspring, fountainhead]
2: the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked
him back toward the head of the stream" [syn: fountainhead,
headspring, head]
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godhead
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n 1: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead,
Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty,
Almighty, Jehovah]
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hammerhead
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n 1: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low
opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce,
dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead,
lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead,
muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead]
2: the striking part of a hammer
3: medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a
flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can
be dangerous [syn: hammerhead, hammerhead shark]
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hogshead
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n 1: a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
2: a large cask especially one holding 63 gals
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hothead
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n 1: a belligerent grouch [syn: fire-eater, hothead]
2: a reckless impetuous irresponsible person [syn: daredevil,
madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-
scarum]
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knucklehead
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n 1: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low
opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce,
dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead,
lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead,
muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead]
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letterhead
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n 1: a sheet of stationery with name and address of the
organization printed at the top
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loggerhead
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n 1: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low
opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce,
dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead,
lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead,
muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead]
2: very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open
seas [syn: loggerhead, loggerhead turtle, Caretta
caretta]
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maidenhead
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n 1: a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the
vagina of a virgin [syn: hymen, maidenhead, virginal
membrane]
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masthead
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n 1: a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine
(usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the
publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
[syn: masthead, flag]
2: the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the
front page and on the editorial page
3: the head or top of a mast
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muttonhead
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n 1: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low
opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce,
dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead,
lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead,
muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead]
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overhead
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adv 1: above your head; in the sky; "planes were flying
overhead"
2: above the head; over the head; "bring the legs together
overhead"
adj 1: located or originating from above; "an overhead crossing"
[ant: subsurface, surface]
n 1: the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property
taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include
depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes [syn:
operating expense, operating cost, overhead, budget
items]
2: (computer science) the processing time required by a device
prior to the execution of a command [syn: command processing
overhead time, command processing overhead, command
overhead, overhead]
3: (computer science) the disk space required for information
that is not data but is used for location and timing [syn:
disk overhead, overhead]
4: a transparency for use with an overhead projector [syn:
viewgraph, overhead]
5: (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
6: a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head [syn:
overhead, smash]
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pinhead
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n 1: an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell, dummy,
dope, boob, booby, pinhead]
2: the head of a pin
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pithead
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n 1: the entrance to a coal mine
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pothead
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n 1: someone who smokes marijuana habitually
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railhead
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n 1: a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military
supplies are unloaded for distribution
2: the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway
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redhead
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n 1: someone who has red hair [syn: redhead, redheader,
red-header, carrottop]
2: North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and
reddish-brown head [syn: redhead, Aythya americana]
3: black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head
and neck [syn: redheaded woodpecker, redhead, Melanerpes
erythrocephalus]
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roundhead
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n 1: a brachycephalic person
2: a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the
English Civil War
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shovelhead
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n 1: small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head;
abundant in bays and estuaries [syn: shovelhead,
bonnethead, bonnet shark, Sphyrna tiburo]
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skinhead
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n 1: a young person who belongs to a British or American group
that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or
engage in white supremacist demonstrations
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sleepyhead
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n 1: a sleepy person
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sorehead
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n 1: someone who is peevish or disgruntled
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spearhead
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n 1: someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or
campaign etc.)
2: the leading military unit in an attack
3: the head and sharpened point of a spear [syn: spearhead,
spearpoint, spear-point]
v 1: be the leader of; "She spearheaded the effort to find a
cure for the disease"
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subhead
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n 1: a heading of a subdivision of a text [syn: subheading,
subhead]
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thickhead
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n 1: Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious
whistling call [syn: thickhead, whistler]
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thunderhead
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n 1: a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining
edges; often appears before a thunderstorm
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towhead
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n 1: a person with light blond hair
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warhead
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n 1: the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo
that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the
chemical or biological agents [syn: warhead, payload,
load]
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wellhead
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n 1: the source of water for a well [syn: wellhead,
wellspring]
2: a structure built over a well
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lunkhead
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n 1: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low
opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce,
dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead,
lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead,
muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead]
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stairhead
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n 1: platform at the top of a staircase
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whitehead
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n 1: English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with
Bertrand Russell (1861-1947) [syn: Whitehead, Alfred
North Whitehead]
2: a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous
gland [syn: whitehead, milium]
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bonnethead
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n 1: small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head;
abundant in bays and estuaries [syn: shovelhead,
bonnethead, bonnet shark, Sphyrna tiburo]
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dickhead
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n 1: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or
irritating or ridiculous [syn: asshole, bastard,
cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker,
motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch,
SOB]
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cathead
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chucklehead
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featherhead
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greenhead
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leatherhead
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woodenhead
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brodhead
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dumbhead
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gateshead
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meathead
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muirhead
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spithead
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woodhead
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barrelhead
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birkenhead
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holinshed
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holyhead
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weatherhead
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basehead
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