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MARE'S NEST

\mˈe͡əz nˈɛst], \mˈe‍əz nˈɛst], \m_ˈeə_z n_ˈɛ_s_t]\

Definitions of MARE'S NEST

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary

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A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Some discovery which at first seems wonderful but which proves a cheat.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

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