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SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

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unceremoniousnot ceremonious : informal
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imploreto make an earnest request to (someone) : beg
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
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spendthrifta person who spends improvidently or wastefully
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