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Adore endlessly ending up Pole (3)

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rod

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'pole' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for rod that I've seen before include "Straight, slender stick" , "Stick - measure" , "something fisherman brings home" , "Fisherman's item" , "Sceptre" .)

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