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▸ noun: A stand in which to lock up drink decanters while keeping them visible.
▸ noun: Something of an evasive or retreating nature, something consistently out of reach; a tantalising thing.
▸ noun: (Greek mythology) A Phrygian king who was condemned to remain in Tartarus, chin-deep in water, with fruit-laden branches hanging above his head; whenever he tried to drink or eat, the water and fruit receded out of reach.
Similar:
wood stork,
Tantalus sphinx,
milky stork,
storkling,
stork,
white stork,
black stork,
maguari stork,
flinthead,
stilter,
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Adjectives:
old,
poor,
fabled,
thirsty,
modern,
scientific,
wretched,
mythical,
phrygian,
mythological,
unfortunate
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