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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A blow to one's self-esteem; a ‘come-down’; a circumstance calculated to let one down, or to act as a drawback.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun idiomatic A disappointment or anticlimax.
  • noun The neurohormonal release of milk in dairy cows or in breastfeeding human mothers.

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