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noun • act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects • rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) | ||||||||
36% | 7 | Sprinkling it on scratching posts can encourage preferred scratching behavior | ||||||
noun • hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats | ||||||||
36% | 10 | The act of gently scratching or tickling, especially lightly scratching the surface of something. | ||||||
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