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Bizarrely, our English word 'sturdy' may go back to the Latin turdus, thrush. Anyone described as '
Bizarrely, our English word 'sturdy' may go back to the Latin turdus, thrush. Anyone described as '
Bizarrely, our English word 'sturdy' may go back to the Latin turdus, thrush. Anyone described as '
Bizarrely, our English word 'sturdy' may go back to the Latin turdus, thrush. Anyone described as '
Bizarrely, our English word 'sturdy' may go back to the Latin turdus, thrush. Anyone described as '
Bizarrely, our English word 'sturdy' may go back to the Latin turdus, thrush. Anyone described as '
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