[Lexicog] yoked

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Wikipedia has an amusing example:

She lowered her standards by raising her glass, Her courage, her eyes and 
his hopes
When he asked, "What in Heaven?" she made no reply, up her mind, and a 
dash for the door - Flanders and Swann, "Madeira M'Dear"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeugma

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