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OUTLIER Word Stories · How I knew it

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“The definition given is not how I know it. This a woodsman's tool, a short pick on the end of an axe handle for moving logs without bending over. I found it on a random path through Wikipedia just before I first played this game. So now I associate this game with the tool”

Found on Day 163

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