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A single stem of a dandelion in its post-flowering state with the downy covering of its head intact. The term is applied when the flower is used, or is thought of as suitable for use, in a children's pastime by which the number of puffs needed to blow the filamentous achenes from a dandelion is supposed to tell the time.

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blowball downy
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ock bock nock rock tock dock hock sock jock pock mock cock zock lock yock stock knock chock acock slock
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