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lurch Cribbage the state of a losing player with less than 30 points at the end of a game (esp in the phrase in the lurch) Lurch Addams’s zombielike, extremely tall butler. [TV: “The Addams Family” in Terrace, I, 29] See : Butler How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I was just thinking how busy drink and the devil were at that very moment in the cabin of the HISPANIOLA, when I was surprised by a sudden lurch of the coracle. Soon a venerable fossil, shawled to the chin and bandaged like a mummy, appeared at the door of the after deck-house, and the next lurch of the ship shot him into my arms. Thus was Master Middle left in the lurch "for the great shot to pay. |
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