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(UK, slang, obsolete) One who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(UK, slang, obsolete) One who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins.

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  • Delta ending food and beverage service on shorter flights www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlJ0...

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Potentially gonna get an editor in for some shorter videos At least that way I can have some consistent uploads

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Great whites gone from False Bay, and the whole food web reshapes. The marine version is faster than terrestrial cascades because generation times are shorter. Does that make the damage more reversible or just faster to complete?

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Shorter version: it’s a bot/unicorn seeker. Blocked.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the novelisation of Avatar. Much better than the films - shorter too.

    Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(colloquial) A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling.

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  • food. In one of his interviews he mentioned, "I'd rather eat tasty food and live a shorter life." Scroll down to read the details of his breakfast and more. #elon #musk #elonmusk 3/3 https://mu.sk/SxAE

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Even with 12 panels at home we’ve produced way more than we use in the first 1/4 of the year. The ROI for solar for buildings/spaces like that must be FAR shorter than the ROI for the physical building! It’s a complete no-brainer.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • 2/2 esp in the point he's trying to make that comes across better in the longer excerpt that I posted. Most of the commenters obvs are responding to the unfortunately shorter excerpt that JF posted, which, as I said, is somewhat misleading.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Clearly based on how quick you replying with shorter stuff.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Yep and the shorter term solutions aren't that much better, all 'we will work collaboratively with our fuel partners...' - political doublespeak bullshit.

    Bluesky· May 2026
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