word games

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Aglet

 

small metal or plastic

sheath typically found

on the end of a shoelace

to stop the cord form unravelling,

 

Joe Walsh

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Joe Walsh

 

Life's Been Good to Him So Far,

Played in bands - 'tis the lead guitar.

This former Eagle's vocal is sub-par.

 

 

Scrambled eggs

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Scrambled eggs

 

nickname for rank insignia on military

hats

cordalis aura - a plant,

cartoon, movie, band in Lebanon

& culinary dish.

 

Pavlova

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Pavlova

 

 

This lovely ballerina

Danced up on pointe

But her life ended

In the tangles of her scarf.

 

 

Townhouse

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Townhouse

 

multi storied with servants quarters NYC

row houses or semi detached  houses U.K.

town pad for Aristocracy U.K.

medium density housing -Australia.

 

lavender

 

 

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lavender

 

This can be a lovely scented flower

Or can be the essential oil from such.

GLBT magazine headquartered in Minnesota.

Some people think "old ladies" smell like this.

 

 

Lividity

 

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Lividity

 

discoloured as in black & blue

ashen

extremely angry

 

Xanthippe

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Xanthippe

 

 

Fabled wife of Socrates

They had sons that numbered three.

Some said shrew, others said "Poo Poo!"

Shakespeare tried to Tame her true.

 

 

Catherine The Great

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Catherine The Great

 

Prussian born longest reigning

Empress of Russia

enlightened despot

patron of art literature & education

known for her many love affairs

 

Georg Lichtenberg

 

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Georg Lichtenberg

 

scientist

satitist

anglophile......fond of English culture

 

Dalton Trumbo

 

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Dalton Trumbo

 

American screenwriter

Novelist

Blacklisted in Hollywood

 

Minnie Pearl

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Minnie Pearl

 

 

Lovely country singer who always

wore a hat with the price tag hanging from it.

Grand Ole Oppry royalty.

 

Laurel and Hardy

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Laurel and Hardy

 

one was fat

one was thin

they could never win

 

Abbott and Costello

 

 

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Abbott and Costello

 

 

Lots of fun movies did feature this duo.

Watched at home when sick with the flu-o. 

Who's On First was their schtick,

Oh how I laughed as they parried quite quick.

 

 

Simon & Schuster

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Simon & Schuster

 

large book publisher

especially media related

titles headquarters in NYC

part of CBS.

 

Milan

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Milan

 

Leonardo da Vinci

art museums

La Scala operahouse

 

Hopscotch

 

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Hopscotch

 

very ancient children's game usually

played by hopping on one foot

in a playground.

Popular worldwide.

 

dipterist

 

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dipterist

 

two-winged

insect

can cause disease

 

Cowgirl Chicks

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Cowgirl Chicks

 

Trick riding rodeo

& entertainment team

looks impressive but

dangerous like in a circus!

 

Andorra

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Andorra

 

small landlocked 

country in

southwestern Europe

 

Dr. Spock

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Dr Spock

 

famed American pediatrician

Olympic gold medal winner in rowing

A 40 years younger wife

lived on sailboat for 20 years.

not to be confused with Mr. Spock.

 

Medellin

 

 

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Medellin

 

second largest

city in

Columbia

 

cuspidor

 

 

 

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cuspidor

 

Receptacle for

spitting into especially

by users of

chewing tobacco

 

Papakolea

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Papakolea

 

Beach on the island of Hawaii,

50th State of the United States.

Rare beach of green sand.

 

 

Kleptomania

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kleptomania

 

Moral failing or mental disorder

it's hard to say

but it's agreed the perpetrators 

don't want to pay.

 

Koh Kradan