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Bone in the throat

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Noun
  1. 1
    A source of continuing annoyance; a hindrance. idiomatic

    "For an unbelieving face, whether the dull dining countenance of a mayor, or the keen searching countenance of a barrister, is a sad bone in the throat of utterance."

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