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white elephant
noun
    1. A possession or piece of property that is useless or unwanted, especially one that is inconvenient or expensive to keep.
Etymology: 19c: so called because of the practice of the kings of Siam of giving this honourable but onerous gift to any courtier they wished to ruin.



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