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Question
Multiple Choice Question:
What does the phrase pick their noses’ mean?
Options
Clean their noses with handkerchief
Clean their noses with water
Hurt their noses with sharp nails
Clean their noses with the little finger.
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Solution
Clean their noses with the little finger.
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