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Gene

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Gene | Place/Cafe | A popular Mount Pleasant cafe named after the maintenance man, Gene, who upkeeps the triangular building on the corner of Kingsway and Main.

Usage: “Dude, I think I counted five poets this morning at Gene…shit’s gettin’ outta hand…”explore-the-lexicon

 

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