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heart starter

British  

noun

  1. slang the first drink of the day

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He was taken to a hospital and has since been released after undergoing a procedure in which an implantable cardioverter defibrillator — what his doctor called a heart starter ——was placed in his heart.

From Washington Post Jul. 6, 2021

Here is our story on Christian Eriksen’s treatment following his cardiac arrest, and the news he is to be fitted with a heart starter:

From The Guardian Jun. 17, 2021

Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen is to be fitted with a heart starter, the national team doctor has confirmed.

From The Guardian Jun. 17, 2021

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