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Nearby words
gorblimey, gorchakov, gorcock, gordian, gordian knot, gordian worm, gordimer, gordon, gordon setter, gordy, gore
Origin of gordian worm
after the Gordian knot, alluding to the tangles the worms sometimes form
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