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Explain this

>> No.17626677

xD

>> No.17626679
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17626679

>>17626667

>> No.17626685

>>17626667
the first definition is archaic and ive never even seen it used in such a context.

>> No.17626689

>>17626685

You must only read books written within your lifetime.

>> No.17626711

>>17626689
no

>> No.17626712

>>17626685
I know some versions of the Bible use the double sense for 'cleave from your parents to your wife"

>> No.17626734 [DELETED] 

>>17626667
They have different etymologies, the second meaning comes from cleaver, a butcher's knife used to cut through bone while the first comes from cleavage, because to see cleavage the boobas have to stick close together, typically with a bra.

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>>17626667
They have different etymologies, the second meaning comes from cleaver, a butcher's knife used to cut through bone while the first comes from cleavage, because to see cleavage the boobas have to stick close together, typically with a bra.