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sardonic

mocking; sarcastic; using disdainful or cynical humor

Sightings:

Once and former wacky word

Light opera words
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Getting gravity off his chest

Forced apology

Physician-assisted painting

Sweat-worms and numbers runners
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A little bundle, quite dead
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Three little plots

Contented in the supporting role

Worth their weight in paper

Burrowing into post-rock
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