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HUGHIE, v. To vomit.em.Sc. 1997 Ian Rankin Black & Blue (1999) 26:
He'd heard gossip about Bain's first post mortem, how ... Bain had dropped deadweight to the floor. But credit where due, he'd stuck around, hadn't bolted or hughied.
