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"start" Definition

  1. “the START,” London,—the great starting-point for beggars and tramps. This is a term also used by many of superior station to those mentioned.
  2. a proceeding of any kind; “a rum START,” an odd circumstance; “to get the START of a person,” to anticipate or overreach him.

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Position in the dictionary: 3443 of 4022 slang words.
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