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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region, but often applied to all Rhenish wines.
  • Meat from that part of a food animal.
  • The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.

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Verb:

  • transitive colloquial To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

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