Mother To Hang About And Waste A Doctors Time Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	verb • avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
	27%	6		Little time this time, a waste of time if caught?
	noun • very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
	24%	4		Mother's mother
	noun • Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938) • a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

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