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- noun Colloquial name for any species or genus of flying, biting, blood-sucking Dipteran encountered in sandy areas.
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He sat on the rail, a burly carcass, the incarnation of materialism, while the doctor, feeling the size of a sandflea, put one finger into his mouth and touched the molar, while he repeated the most mystic nonsense he could think of, "Abracadabra Tiddlywinkum Umslopoga" -- and then jumped the finger out lest the patient might close his ponderous jaw.
A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Wilfred Thomason Grenfell 1902
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i think focusing too much of ones concern on the domestic sandflea problem is a waste of time. they dissolve and disperse into our corrosive culture like the other permutations of peoples have/are/will ... mmercier (hells bells been ringing a long time) there are $shitloads of peoples who are willing to kill anyone for any reason out there. tis a staple of humanity, just like rape, robbery, drunkenness, and trying to hump teenage girls.
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i think focusing too much of ones concern on the domestic sandflea problem is a waste of time. they dissolve and disperse into our corrosive culture like the other permutations of peoples have/are/will ... mmercier (hells bells been ringing a long time) damn it, i hate when this happens. mmercier (hells bells been ringing a long time) its bigger than that here is my take ...
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