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chugger
noun -- informal a person who approaches passers-by in the street asking for donations or subscriptions to a particular charity.
origin blend of charity and mugger.

wiki
noun -- a website or database developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content.
origin from WikiWikiWeb (1995), coined by the US programmer Ward Cunningham (b.1949), from Hawaiian wiki wiki ;very quick;, reduplication of wiki & quick

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OK, I've done some homework and now .........!

After having breakfast with my bindaas boo, I browsed my favourite wiki
and then sorted some trollies to donate as mitumba in case I was accosted
by a chugger with a cockapoo or a labradoodle whom I might be tempted
to eighty-six.
I imagine only clueful overdogs will understand this. Other can check out
the New Words section of the Oxford English Dictionary site.

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Wikipedia is banned in China (f**k)

But, never mind! Through www.thefreedictionary.com you can have an unimpeded copy of the whole pedia! (Although I can't edit on it) Very Happy

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