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May 25, 2012
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beat-up



Pronunciation: (bēt'up'), [key]
—adj.
Informal.dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy.

—n.
the warpwise count of tufts of pile in the warp of carpets.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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