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Pit
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PIT, fossa. A hole dug in the earth, which was filled with water, and in which women thieves were drowned, instead of being hung. The punishment of the pit was formerly common in Scotland.



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Walking one morning three weeks ago in Pelona Vista Park, which on most mornings is filled with people exercising and mothers pushing strollers, Barton was confronted by a pit bull that lunged at her despite its owner hanging on its leash.
The noise turned out to be coming from 10-year-old Marky Stanfield, a neighbor boy who was fleeing on a bike away from a 75-pound pit bull.
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