Crambo's visiting the Amazon and is looking for a word to rhyme with macaw.

I'm currently in Belém, Brazil, located at the mouth of the Amazon river system and saw some beautiful macaws this morning. They're on my mind so let's see if our resident crambologists can guess what word that rhymes with macaw I'm thinking of.

Many years ago, 86 and 99 had a nemesis whose hand had been replaced by a magnet. This was so long ago that his inability to pronounce his name properly was thought funny. Not sure it could be done today.

Good thing that I'm old enough to remember Get Smart. I've often thought of putting a cheap cell phone in the sole of an old shoe so I could be just like Max. And I remember the Claw, too, but Crambo might not.

-NOT-
claw

-ALPHA NOT-
claw

This is puzzling....

I think if the tacky technique mentioned in #2 was used today, it would stick in peoples' crops.

Does it describe a bit of quality time with the odd walrus tusk or extracted whale's tooth, whatever you happen to have handy?

To construct a rhyme without a __ __ __ __ is quite
A feat, but thereʻs more chance of getting it right
In a DI-syllable, than in a TRI-
Can I say the current correct guess is one of my - - --
Er -- one of mine? Anyway the guess has three
Consonants and only one vowel, see?
And not to inspire you with the terror
Of going, beyond this, hintless: "error"
Is a near-synomym, or as close
As I can get to one. Is it one of those
Hated "others" Or, have I given enough
Of a hint -- or merely another bluff?

RE:
#4 - Puzzling, indeeed. Still working on this one
#5 - A claw in the craw is something I do try to avoid. Not the word.
#6 - If you thought your guess would bring you the Skrimshaw Redemption, it won't.
#7 - As is often the case, Roland's guess will take some time.

-NOT-
claw, craw, skrimshaw

-ALPHA NOT-
claw, craw, skrimshaw

I won't be able to serve as clerk of Crambonia, so I will pull my name from consideration.

Sometimes the puns in here make me laugh rather loudly.

On 7, and 8, line 4:

"Defect" beats "error" as a near syn-
-onym of " __ __ __ __"? Can you pin
It down now?
If not, how
Can I get closer to it? Pundit Jacques Barzun
Says "name ALL the synonym-pairs in English and
Youʻll soon
Run out of pairs, because thereʻs really only one
Such* in the language! So the search can be fun!

*Barzun says that "Furze / Gorse" is the only
pair in which each means EXCTLY the same as the other.

RE:
#4 - still puzzling...
#5 - I hope that being told your guess was wrong doesn't stick in your craw.
#7 - Thanks for the additional help, but your guess had a fatal flaw. It was wrong.
#9 - It's not withdraw so feel free to do so with this guess.
#10 - Call it a pirate laugh or a guffaw, it's not a winner.

-NOT-
claw, craw, skrimshaw, flaw, withdraw, guffaw

-ALPHA NOT-
claw, craw, flaw, guffaw, skrimshaw, withdraw

Did the bird's plumage inspire in you a feeling of reverent admiration?

It's the last one! Hip, Hip ...

#4-perhaps if you "dissected" this puzzle it would not have so many difficult lines or patterns

I"Ve never seen or heard __ __ __ __
used wihout the word "Cole"
Preceding it, save once in a poem by ole
Ogden Nash
(and youʻve observed the clash
Of his rhyme-schemes with mine),
But it was just imitation all the time;
So, he may accuse me of flattery*,
Wherever he is -- hardly of assault and battery.

*flattery: an old aphorism says that imitation is the
sincerest form of this.

As an etymological trinket, this noun is derived either from a redundant Middle English phrase meaning "give gift" or from a French baby-talk word for "toy."

RE:
#4 - thanks for the clue.... the guess was jigsaw but that wasn't Crambo's word
#13 - the macaw filled me with awe but that wasn't Crambo's word
#14 - hip hip hurrah for your guess but that wasn't Crambo's word
#16 - I was kind of waiting for someone to guess slaw but that wasn't Crambo's word
#17 - I'm not sure what spelling you had in mind, gewgaw or geegaw but that wasn't Crambo's word

-NOT-
claw, jigsaw, craw, skrimshaw, flaw, withdraw, guffaw, awe, hurrah, slaw, geegaw

-ALPHA NOT-
awe, claw, craw, flaw, geegaw,guffaw, hurrah, jigsaw, skrimshaw, slaw, withdraw

"Iʻll give you 50 cents a day,
Your washing and all* __ __ __ __.**
Youʻll feel quite like a different man,
When you leave old Arkansaw!"
from "Sanford Barney", Folk song of the 1890s

*not sure if this word is "all" or "old" which, in dialect,
meant "well-known" or "well-liked".
** "__ __ __ __" IS in my dictionary, and not even
(as I was expecting) marked "slang" or "substandard".

RE:
#19 - Now that I've tracked down the lyrics for "Sanford Barney", I'd love to hear someone sing it. Especially the line "Your washing and all chaw. For me, chaw isn't slang or substandard, just regional (although the whole idea of chewing tobacco is nauseating to me). Not chaw.

-NOT-
claw, jigsaw, craw, skrimshaw, flaw, withdraw, guffaw, awe, hurrah, slaw, geegaw, chaw

-ALPHA NOT-
awe, chaw, claw, craw, flaw, geegaw,guffaw, hurrah, jigsaw, skrimshaw, slaw, withdraw

Is that a turkey I see in there?

RE:
#21 - I think that you're grasping as straws with that guess. It's not straw.

-NOT-
claw, jigsaw, craw, skrimshaw, flaw, withdraw, guffaw, awe, hurrah, slaw, geegaw, chaw, straw

-ALPHA NOT-
awe, chaw, claw, craw, flaw, geegaw,guffaw, hurrah, jigsaw, skrimshaw, slaw, straw, withdraw

NOTE: Crambo's word does not end in -aw.

If not a puzzle, then perhaps a friendly game of this in the casino?

___! I think I've got it.

RE:
#23 - Would that be in Casine Royale, with James Bond, playing baccarat? Sorry, les jeux sont fait. Not a winner
#24 - So many possible nonsense expletives here, give me some more time to choose the most likely one.

-NOT-
claw, jigsaw, craw, skrimshaw, flaw, withdraw, guffaw, awe, hurrah, slaw, geegaw, chaw, straw, baccarat

-ALPHA NOT-
awe, baccarat, chaw, claw, craw, flaw, geegaw,guffaw, hurrah, jigsaw, skrimshaw, slaw, straw, withdraw

NOTE: Crambo's word does not end in -aw.

An over the shoulder boulder holder?

RE:
#26 - Wow, I haven't heard that one in years! Do you think it's a Canadian thing? It certainly was current in the schoolyards in Vancouver when I was growing up. But no, unfortunately, Crambo wasn't thinking of a bra. (It does engender thoughts of a non-existant Dr. Suess book, though. "The Macaw in a Bra Comes Back".)

-NOT-
claw, jigsaw, craw, skrimshaw, flaw, withdraw, guffaw, awe, hurrah, slaw, geegaw, chaw, straw, baccarat, bra

-ALPHA NOT-
awe, baccarat, bra, chaw, claw, craw, flaw, geegaw,guffaw, hurrah, jigsaw, skrimshaw, slaw, straw, withdraw

NOTE: Crambo's word does not end in -aw.

I see that all but 3 of the "Nots" ( guesses) DO end
in -aw. (And, of those, "baccarat" is a doubtful rhyme.)

John Gotti was quoted as saying "Weʻll whack anyone that says the words ʻ__ __ Cosa Nostraʻ inside a court room. They donʻt even have to say ʻ__ __ Cosa Nostraʻ:
weʻll whack them if they just say ʻ__ __ʻ!"
"__ __" is not a great rhyme, but itʻs as good as "baccarat", and it probably is in English dictionaries, though not in the Gottian meaning.

RE #28 - I'm in agreement that neither baccarat nor La are good rhymes for macaw, but with all the different regional pronunciations of English in the world, I'd hate to say that for some people they aren't. In my own variation of English law rhymes with macaw, but la doesn't. In any case, La isn't Crambo's word.

-NOT-
claw, jigsaw, craw, skrimshaw, flaw, withdraw, guffaw, awe, hurrah, slaw, geegaw, chaw, straw, baccarat, bra, La

-ALPHA NOT-
awe, baccarat, bra, chaw, claw, craw, flaw, geegaw,guffaw, hurrah, jigsaw, La, skrimshaw, slaw, straw, withdraw

NOTE: Crambo's word does not end in -aw.

Why Robert Loblaw doesn't like to be called Bob.

"__ __ __ __ __ __" , if pronounced as in French, would rhyme with the doubtful "baccarat" and "la". I was assuming that, in English, it rhymes
with "Bay Bus" (though the penultimate letter isnʻt -u-).
(Does anyone ever actually SAY "__ __ __ __ __ __"? Iʻve seen it in print, but donʻt recall ever hearing it.) It means an impromptu minor upheaval or scuffle, and
is from an Italian verb "__ __ __ __ __ __ sare" which became the
noun "__ __ __ __ __ __" in 18th c. French.

RE:
# 30 - Blah, blah, blah... Great guess, Jenni. But the word's not blah.
# 31 - One of my favorite words ever, don't know why. But Crambo's word isn't fracas.

-NOT-
claw, jigsaw, craw, skrimshaw, flaw, withdraw, guffaw, awe, hurrah, slaw, geegaw, chaw, straw, baccarat, bra, La, blah, fracas

-ALPHA NOT-
awe, baccarat, blah, bra, chaw, claw, craw, flaw, fracas, geegaw,guffaw, hurrah, jigsaw, La, skrimshaw, slaw, straw, withdraw

NOTE: Crambo's word does not end in -aw, -at, - as, -ah.

What an uproar! It’s so noisy here at 5860, avenue de Lorimier on Thematic Tasting Wednesdays. Santé!

RE:
#33 - Brouhaha is right up there with kerfuffle in my favorite word list, but it's not Crambo's word this time.

-NOT-
claw, jigsaw, craw, skrimshaw, flaw, withdraw, guffaw, awe, hurrah, slaw, geegaw, chaw, straw, baccarat, bra, La, blah, fracas, brouhaha

-ALPHA NOT-
awe, baccarat, blah, bra, brouhaha, chaw, claw, craw, flaw, fracas, geegaw,guffaw, hurrah, jigsaw, La, skrimshaw, slaw, straw, withdraw

NOTE: Crambo's word does not end in -aw, -at, - as, -ah.

You've had to give us these clues because we've been taking such a middle-class approach to guessing Crambo's word.

RE:
#35 - Middle class approach perhaps, but that's what was needed in this case, as Crambo's word was bourgeois. Congratulations, Jim, and take it away!

Good one, James.

New game for all human participants as well as attentive furniture over here.