Winkles

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winkles: Marine snails.
Periwinkles: Around the winkles.

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Friend

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Friend: Undefinable relationship.

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Fumfer

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Fumfer: Hem and haw. Mumble

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Knight and Dei

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Knight and Dei.
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Breakfast

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Breakfast: Morning meal; no more fasting.
Steadfast: True through thick and thin.
Belfast: City in Ireland.
Bedfast: Unable to get up.


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Chupacabra

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Chupacabra: Mysterious Puerto Rican goat killer, maybe.

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Glabrous

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glabrous: Smooth, hairless. Stomatopod

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Extractor

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Extractor: A washing machine that really, really cleans.
Detractor: One who takes away from.
distractor: One who misdirects.
Protractor: Measuring device.
Contractor: One who agrees to do.
Subtractor: That which takes away.
Retractor: That which pulls back,
Tractor: That which pulls.

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Quest

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Quest: Search, bark.
Qwest: Phone company.
Newest: Most recent
Bweast: Porky Pig's chest.

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Kris

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kris: dagger
Krips: Gangsters with daggers.
Drips: Flu symptoms
Droops: Hangs loose.
Loops: Goes around in circles.
Moops: Many definitions.

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King on Throne

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King on Throne
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Cense

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Cense: Thurify.
Dense: Thick.
Fence: Barrier, swordfight. Sell loot to intermediary.
Hence: Therefore.
Pence: Cents.
Cents: Pennies.
Sense: Perceive, rationality.
Tense: Time, tightness.

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Mews

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Mews: Kitten sounds, Row of stables.
Kews: Gardens in London
Cues: Hints, pool sticks.
Pews: Church seats.
Chews: Plugs of tobacco.
Choose: Elect.
Booze: Drink.
Lose: Miss.
Loos: Water closets in Britain.
Rues: Regrets.
Sues: Demands.
Views: Observations.

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Yuan

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Yuan: Chinese currency.
Juan: Don; lover.
Douane: French customs.
Pawn: Expendable but useful piece or person.
Lawn: Grass.
Mown: Short grass.
Moan: Expression of pain or pleasure or both.

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Hunky

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Hunky: With dory = Okay.
Bunkie: Roommate.
Funky: Ripe.
Gunkey: Grimy.
Monkey: Simian.
Dory: Small boat.
Gory: Bloody.
Hoary: White, old.
Lorry: British truck.
Sorry: Apology.
Sari: Indian dress.

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Per Se

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Per se: In itself.
Pursue: Go after.
Per cent: Portion.
Perseus: Greek hero, constellation.
Perceive: Notice.
persiflage: Banter

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Scumble

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Scumble: Soften the edges of an image.
Bumble: Type of bee, See Centrifugal Bumble-puppy in Huxley's Brave New World.
Fumble: Clumsy action.
Gumble: TV broadcaster.
Humble: Rare pie.
Jumble: Word puzzle.
Mumble: Speak indistinctly.
Rumble: Fight.
Tumble: Fall, smooth rocks by eccentric orbital abrasion.

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Catlamp

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A Lamp Unto My Cat.
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Mau-Mau

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Mau-Mau: A tribe.
Kow Tow: Obeisant gesture.
Bow Wow: Dog communication.
Now Now: Soothing murmur.
Haw haw: Nelson's opinion.
Hee Haw: Hillbilly humor.

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In-House

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In-house: Business taken care of within the company; not hired out.

Outhouse: Business taken care of outside.

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Consanguineous

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Consanguineous: Related by blood.

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Bifid

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Bifid: Cleft, split.
Triffid: Plant monster
Quadrufid: Split four ways.
Gif-ed: Converted graphic file.
Riffed: Played changes.
Sifted: Triaged.

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Fusillade

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Fusillade: Spray.
Fuselage: Body.
Fuss a lot: Kvetch.
Few so loud: Marshall amps.

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Georgics

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Georgics: Country matters.

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Brio

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Brio
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Hector

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Hector: Trojan Warrior, erstwhile pup, pester.
Elector: Voter of voters.
Inspector: Checker.
Lecter: Hannibal the cannibal.
Nectar: Liquid ambrosia.
Rector: Churchkeeper.
Sector: Part.
Vector: Carrier

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Crupper

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Crupper: Stabilizer for saddle.
Cropper, come a: Fail.
Crapper, Thomas: Improver of toilets.

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Duckweed

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Duckweed: Puff the Magic Quack-Quack, fuel converter.


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Dead

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Dead: Click on word for multiple definitions.

From Stopping for Death: Poems of Death and Loss

And Then What

Then their hands they would break bread
wave choke phone thump thread

Then with their tired hands slump
at a table holding their head

Then with glad hands hold other hands
or stroke brief flesh in a kind bed

Then with their hands on the shovel
they would bury their dead.

--Carol Ann Duffy

And those who will not bury their dead have only half a heart to give.

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Foo

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Foo: Euphemistic expletive. Short for fooey.
Foo'sball: The ball belonging to Foo.
Foo-ung Shway. Phonetic spelling of feng shui.
Feng shui: Arranging stuff so the universe will be happier.

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Hand

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Hand: Noun:

Physical assistance ("Give me a hand with the chores")

Terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates

A rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece

The prehensile extremity of the arm.

Ability ("He wanted to try his hand at singing")

One of two sides of an issue ("On the one hand..., but
on the other hand...")

A round of applause to signify approval ("Give the
little lady a great big hand")

The cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time ("I didn't hold a good hand all evening")

A position given by its location to the side of an object ("Objections were voiced on every hand")

A member of the crew of a ship ("All hands on deck")

A unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses ("The horse stood 20 hands")

Something written by hand ("She recognized his hand [writing].")

A card player in a game of bridge ("We need a 4th hand for bridge")

A hired laborer on a farm or ranch ("The hired hand fixed the railing")

Verb:

Guide or conduct or usher somewhere ("Hand the elderly
lady into the taxi")

Place into the hands or custody of ("Hand me the
spoon, please")


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