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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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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Dove

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Paloma

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Elephant

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Elephant in the Room: The huge issue that everyone knows about but no one dares comment on. Cyrano's nose.

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Forearm

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Forearm: Between the wrist and the elbow. Prepare for battle.
Aftarm: Rear spar on a ship.
Spar: Practice boxing.
Boxing: Packing for shipment.
Pack: Carrier.
Carrier: Ship for delivering and launching planes in combat.
Combat: Boxing with the forearmed.

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Precinct

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Precinct: District:
Postcinct: Aftermath of Titanic.
Intercinct: Between the cincts.

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Systolic

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Systolic: Peak blood pressure in the arteries.
Apostolic: Blood pressure when the Pope speaks.
Hyperbolic: When the Pope speaks.
Colic: Baby condition.
Folic: Acid.
Hydraulic: Liquid pressure.
-ic: Suffix meaning "of or pertaining to". Oddly applied to addicts of alcohol; alcoholic, chocolate; chocoholic and the rarely heard: caffeineic and heroinic.

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Chuckles

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Chuckles: Candy bar, clown noted for seltzer-down-pants.
Buckles: Cinches.
Huckles: With berries and Finn.
Cuckolds: Betrayed ones.
Knuckles: Mystery-movie yegg.

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Larrup

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Larrup: Flog.
Stirrup: Boot holder on a saddle.
Stir up: Cause commotion.
Chirrup: Chirp.
Burp up: Belch.
Curple: The curvy part.
Purple: The color which Royalty is born to. Also Oprah.

Festus in Gunsmoke oft would say of vittles: "Them was larruping good and toothsome."

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Andale

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Hoo-ha

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Hoo-Ha: Privates.
Privates: Expendable soldiers.
Soldiers: Broad-shouldered warriors.
Shoulders: Top part of torso.
Torso: Body.
Body: Everything, including hoo-ha.

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Stern

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Stern: Aft. Stern, Isaac: Violinist who saved Carnegie Hall. Stern, Bill: Sportscaster.
Aft: P.M.
P.M.: Prime Minister.
Minister: Succor:
Succor: Futbol.

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Complect

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Complect: Plait.
Complicate: Add unnecessary elements.
Complicitous: Togetherishness.
Complimentary: Free.
Complementary: Additional
Complitudinous: Worthy of compliments.

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