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Quiver, n.
[_]
A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter arguments.
[He extracted from his quiver]
He extracted from his quiver,Did this controversial Roman,
An argument well fitted
To the question as submitted,
Then addressed it to the liver,
Of the unpersuaded foeman.
Oglum P. Boomp.
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