esophagus

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Noun

esophagus (plural esophagi)

  1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of oesophagus
    • 1977 April 30, Steve Blevins, “A Sack-full of Films”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
      Bad, the Warhol-produced film directed by Jed Johnson, playing at the Saxon in the esophagus of the Combat Zone, []
    • 2008, “Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros”, performed by Flight of the Conchords:
      They call me the Hiphopopotamus / Flows that glow like phosphorous / Popping off the top of this esophagus / Rocking this metropolis

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