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a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons eat by pecking at, like a bird hit lightly with a picking motion bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long" kiss lightly eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food" (often followed by `of'') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" |
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