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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Concerned exclusively with costs and profits.
  • adjective Ruthlessly realistic; pragmatic.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fishing-line stretched on the bottom and having attached to it short lines with hooks.

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