If you look it up in the dictionary, one definition for the word has it as a synonym for an underhand plot or conspiracy.

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And then they're not alone, and they can look it up in the dictionary together.

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Alan Simpson is a flinty Wyoming truth-teller -- (laughter) -- if you look in the dictionary it says "flinty, " and then it's got Simpson's picture. (Laughter.) Through nearly two decades in the United States Senate, he earned a reputation for putting common sense and the people's welfare ahead of petty politics.

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