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truss
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{v} {n}
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Definition:1. {v} to secure or to support2. {n} [unit] [obsolete] a unit of straw or hay equal to 36 or 58 pounds respectively
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My breasts swell, and my nipples harden under his steady gaze. I am trussed up by my own bra.
E. L. James. Fifty Shades of Grey (2011)
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stand guard over the bloody monk who lay trussed at his feet like a piece of luggage.
Dan Brown. The Da Vinci Code (2003)
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Wait a minute, we’ll make him tidy first," and Lizaveta Petrovna laid the red wobbling thing on the bed, began untrussing and trussing up the baby, lifting it up and turning it over with one finger and powdering it with something.Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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"Besides, he could double up four men like you over his knee. Last year he helped our people to bring in the straw; he carried as many as six trusses at once, he is so strong."
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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