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What is a coot?

What is a coot? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
  2. (colloquial) A foolish or eccentric fellow
  3. (slang, with the) A success; something excellent.
  4. (slang) Body louse.
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Of course, native birds such as the American coot, mallard, and Brewer's blackbird also used this valuable oasis.
Sibelius was portrayed as a grim faced gentleman with mad, bulging eyes, bald as a coot.
Look, I'm the oldest coot in the business, but even I do not want to just keep reliving the past over and over.
Why should the oldest coot in the majority party be the one who is in line for the presidency?
Not even a coot presented itself among the boats and docks, but I finally saw an Osprey at a great distance.
But I hope you'll indulge an old-fashioned coot like me if I choose to believe otherwise.

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