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doorstop
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doorstop /n./ Used to describe equipment that is
non-functional and halfway expected to remain so, especially
obsolete equipment kept around for political reasons or ostensibly
as a backup. "When we get another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3
will turn into a doorstop." Compare boat anchor.
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