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was nicked
noun
A small cut in a surface. A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
Exact(60)
Nuno's heart was nicked and he died.
The tactic works so well he thinks it was nicked.
"You would have never known he was nicked up.
"I went to church and my BlackBerry was nicked.
Even our hideous topiary, which I hated, was nicked".
But Officer Carraway, who was nicked in the left thigh, found sleep more elusive.
The cops raided his house just one month after Noye was nicked in Spain.
He was nicked the following day, and we never did make that date.
Someone was definitely delighted by our Starbucks Persuading – one of Cauty's signs was nicked within the hour.
Although Greinke (4-0) was nicked for a run, it was unearned, so he maintained his 0.00 earned run average.
Older readers: did you cry when Amy Turtle, Crossroads Motel's golden-hearted cleaner, was nicked for shoplifting?
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