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a staple of #1 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:00 am   a staple of		  
A staple of American humor about the UK is the population's bad teeth.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-22429,00.html
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What does the phrase "a staple of" mean?
A few? A lot of? Several?
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a staple of #2 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:14 pm   a staple of		  
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/staple sense 2a:

"a regular and important part or feature of something"
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