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"Tantalus" Definition

noun

A stand in which to lock up drink decanters while keeping them visible.
Source: Wiktionary
A stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood ibis, Mycteria americana.
Source: Wiktionary
Something of an evasive or retreating nature, something consistently out of reach; a tantalising thing.
Source: Wiktionary
A legendary king of Lydia condemned to stand up to the chin in a pool of water in Hades and beneath fruit-laden boughs only to have the water or fruit recede at each attempt to drink or eat.
A locked cellarette with contents visible but not obtainable without a key.

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