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PUFFER, commerce, contracts. A person employed by the owner of property
which is sold at auction to bid it up, who does so accordingly, for the
purpose of raising the price upon bona fide bidders.
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The toxin of the puffer fish, also called the blowfish, is potent. 1 EVERY SO OFTEN BLOWFISH hears one of those breathless reports wherein a nation's youth is made to look stupid. The day-long event also included a kick-off brunch, a cocktail reception, musical performances by Darius Rucker of Hootie & the Blowfish and Edwin McCain, and a live auction, in which two game tickets to a New York Knicks basketball game and the opportunity for a child to act as ballboy/girl fetched $31,000. |
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