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mothball |
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mothball Noun 1. a small ball of camphor or naphthalene placed in stored clothing to repel clothes moths 2. put in mothballs to postpone work on Verb 1. to take something out of operation but maintain it for future use 2. to postpone work on
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No moths would ever have ventured near those quilts, for they reeked of mothballs to such an extent that they had to be hung in the orchard of Patty's Place a full fortnight before they could be endured indoors. |
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