Machetes

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of machete form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of machete form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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pangaboloboloedge toolgolokhatchet

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"Our house in the red savannah outskirts of Quezon City stood by a cliff. Near that cliff was a bushy area, which the maids cut back with machetes. There were intriguing vines with spade-shaped purple leaves. They might have been tuber plants."

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