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on Swanson’s December tool prompted a culinary guess from who speculated that the wood-and-metal apparatus shown at above right might be “a kitchen tool for coring or peeling fruits like apples or pears or potatoes.” thought the object’s purpose is closer to the building trades: “It appears to be a

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