“Zipped lips save ships,” he had answered, turning back to his deadheading, and I hadn’t the nerve to ask which of the three of us were the mutes and which the vessels.
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'Deadheading' means pruning faded flowers from his plants. He had broken off this gardening activity to talk and resumed after he had spoken. Rover.
— Rover_KE
'Deadheading' means pruning faded flowers from his plants.
He had broken off this gardening activity to talk and resumed after he had spoken.
Rover.
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