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1foggidawn
Last three posts:
William Powell
William Shakespeare
William Gladstone
My addition:
Gladstone bag
William Powell
William Shakespeare
William Gladstone
My addition:
Gladstone bag
2Jenni_Canuck
Money bag
4rolandperkins
Mad Magazine
6rolandperkins
"Gun" the engine
8rolandperkins
" ʻTankʻ MacNamara" *
*Comic strip character; a retired NFL man who was a sports reporter. One Honolulu newspaper moved him from the comics page to the sports page (just as the other Honolulu paper had moved Doonsebury from the comics to the political pages.
*Comic strip character; a retired NFL man who was a sports reporter. One Honolulu newspaper moved him from the comics page to the sports page (just as the other Honolulu paper had moved Doonsebury from the comics to the political pages.
9pollysmith
MacNamara's band
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rock Star
15rolandperkins
"movie palace"
16pollysmith
royal palace
17Carrotlady
Buckingham Palace
25rolandperkins
Fowlesʻs Daniel Martin
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pouring tea
30PollyAnnaHP
iced tea
31rolandperkins
N. Doolittle's Iced Under
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under the boardwalk
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Holy Orders
39Carrotlady
crimson lake
41Jenni_Canuck
Rodney King
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king of the world!
46PollyAnnaHP
(little) Black Book
47rolandperkins
Millerʻs Black Spring
48Jenni_Canuck
black box
50Carrotlady
Vidal Sassoon
51rolandperkins
Rosemary Sassoon
53Jenni_Canuck
Baby Huey
55rolandperkins
Russell Long D, LA
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Winter Wonderland
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Wonderland Dog Track
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win, place, or show
62VetaTorres
show time
63rolandperkins
Riceʻs Angel Time
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Angels and Airwaves
66rolandperkins
Gordonʻs Men and Angels
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Hong Kingstonʻs China Men
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Fine Arts
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performing arts
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arts and crafts
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Normintonʻs Arts and Wonders
79Jenni_Canuck
Gay Village
83rolandperkins
Sendakʻs Outside over there
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there she blows!
87PollyAnnaHP
Cherry Bombs
89Carrotlady
Cherry Cola
90rolandperkins
Royal Crown Cola
92VenusofUrbino
Flash mob
96Jenni_Canuck
Old Bailey
98Jenni_Canuck
garbage collector
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old spice
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trash talk
114Jenni_Canuck
dog show
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raise or show
119rolandperkins
Snodgrassʻs Heartʻs Needle*
* If 118 can get "Tell-Tale out of
"Tell", I can get ʻHeartʻs" our of "Heart".
* If 118 can get "Tell-Tale out of
"Tell", I can get ʻHeartʻs" our of "Heart".
123VetaTorres
eat it
125rolandperkins
Ammonsʻs Garbage; a poem
126Carrotlady
pastoral poem
127rolandperkins
Rothʻs American Pastoral
129rolandperkins
landscape architect
135pollysmith
no old memories
138pollysmith
cheap whiskey
139rolandperkins
Estlemanʻs Whiskey River
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Reidʻs Lone Ranch
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lone star state
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Bay State*
*my native state
*my native state
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state of confusion*
*my natural state
*my natural state
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lol, polly, me too
paranormal state
paranormal state
150pollysmith
State of the union address
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Union City
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Barkerʻs Union Street
153Jenni_Canuck
Della Street
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wise old owl
159rolandperkins
Hidayatʻs Blind Owl
160VetaTorres
blind justice
161Jenni_Canuck
scales of justice
164VetaTorres
old book
166VetaTorres
mosquito repellent
168pollysmith
mosquito net
170PollyAnnaHP
fish and chips
176rolandperkins
Portuguese bean soup*
*playing on 174, because I canʻt see the dropped or the added word in 175.
*playing on 174, because I canʻt see the dropped or the added word in 175.
177pollysmith
*yes, I think some posters get confused about which thread they are on*
chicken noodle soup
chicken noodle soup
178rolandperkins
chicken: "game"
179Carrotlady
chicken and chips
180Carrotlady
#177 i think some posters get confused about which medication they are on!
181rolandperkins
fish and chips
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potato chips
183rolandperkins
Weskerʻs Chips with Everything
186VenusofUrbino
Chicken n waffles
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chicken feet
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chicken gizzards
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turkey gizzards
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cold turkey
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Case of a fake*
*as in E. S. Gard nerʻs Case of
the Fabulous Fake
*as in E. S. Gard nerʻs Case of
the Fabulous Fake
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case of beer
197VenusofUrbino
beer can chicken
198PollyAnnaHP
beer garden
199rolandperkins
Burnettʻs Secret Garden
203Carrotlady
The Eden Project
208PollyAnnaHP
Days of old
210VetaTorres
summer love
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young love
212VetaTorres
love song
216Carrotlady
superior vena cava
221rolandperkins
Point of Order
--playing on the second "word" of 220 which, if
put into words, is "interrogation point".
--playing on the second "word" of 220 which, if
put into words, is "interrogation point".
222Carrotlady
Order of the Garter
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green belt
230VetaTorres
green tea
231Carrotlady
tea party
242rolandperkins
K. Amisʻs Old Deviis
243Carrotlady
old time music hall
244rolandperkins
"Deck the hall . . ."
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Deck of Cards
247VetaTorres
card games
248rolandperkins
Renaultʻs Funeral Games
249VetaTorres
Funeral procession
251VetaTorres
Modern architecture
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R. Macaulayʻs Pleasure of Ruins
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pleasure cruise
257rolandperkins
Connor Cruise OʻBrien
258Carrotlady
Chief O'Brien
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Talking Chief*
*a Samoan or Tongan status
*a Samoan or Tongan status
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walking stick
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Martinʻs Billy Ball
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Billy Liar
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Liar,liar, pants on fire!
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meatball
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"ONE meatball" *
*old folk (?) song One fish ball was revived in the
1940s as a "novelty" song.
*old folk (?) song One fish ball was revived in the
1940s as a "novelty" song.
272LitChick26
Subway
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Metro, "T" or Tube
274foggidawn
Whoa, did we lose the thread of the game there? Going back to the last add/drop that I can see: #271
one day
one day
275rolandperkins
272 was probably paying on 270; it was timed just one minute after my play (271) on 270; so I accepted it and went 272>273
276Carrotlady
as day follows night
277foggidawn
#275 -- Ah, that makes more sense. I'm going on from #276, though. Sorry, LitChick!
Night cap
Night cap
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Cap Ferrat
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Phil Stone*
* a relative of William faulkner said to have had a great influence on him. Of the same f amily(?) was
Williamʻs nephew Phil Stone also a novelist.
* a relative of William faulkner said to have had a great influence on him. Of the same f amily(?) was
Williamʻs nephew Phil Stone also a novelist.
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Soupy Sales
284VetaTorres
desk clerk
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front desk
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desk blotter
287rolandperkins
City Desk
288VetaTorres
city council
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council member
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Vatican City
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Victoria Beckham
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"good night, David" *
*signature line of reporter Chet Huntly
*signature line of reporter Chet Huntly
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Jacques Pepin
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Frere Jacques
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open season
310PollyAnnaHP
Hi Jasmin, this is add a word, drop a word....the object is to keep one word from the previous post and add a new word to it.
from #308...
season liberally
from #308...
season liberally
311rolandperkins
Wodehouseʻs Mating Season
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santa lucia!
316rolandperkins
Santa Fe N.M.
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escape clause
320PollyAnnaHP
The Great Gatsby *hhmmm, I had to edit b/c the touchstones weren't working the first time.
322VetaTorres
One Republic
323rolandperkins
Millerʻs Batman: Year One
325Carrotlady
new edition
327VenusofUrbino
Morning Edition
333rolandperkins
coffee shop
335VenusofUrbino
shop vac
339VetaTorres
night terrors
340rolandperkins
Grixtiʻs Terrors of Uncertainty
341Carrotlady
the uncertainty of tomorrow
342rolandperkins
Heisenbergʻs Uncertainty Principle
346Carrotlady
frying pan
351rolandperkins
F. O'Connor's Wise Blood
352PollyAnnaHP
blood line
354VetaTorres
shipping out
358rolandperkins
Wolfeʻs Look Homeward, Angel
359Carrotlady
angel in the centrefold
360rolandperkins
Rosenbergʻs California Angel
362rolandperkins
Isaacsʻs Australian dreaming
364Carrotlady
judgement day
368rolandperkins
". . .enchanted evening"
371VetaTorres
Enchanted Kingdom
373rolandperkins
Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms
374Carrotlady
middle of the night
378rolandperkins
W.A.P. Martinʻs Cycle of Cathay
380Carrotlady
Cycle of life
385PollyAnnaHP
ancient ruins
389rolandperkins
Old MacDonaldʻs Farm
393rolandperkins
Charles "Motor Charley" Wilson
394VetaTorres
Charles Dickens
395rolandperkins
"Little" Jimmy Dickens
396Carrotlady
too little too late
399VetaTorres
little nap
400PollyAnnaHP
nap time
402Carrotlady
out of luck
403rolandperkins
luck of the Irish
407rolandperkins
Coffee Shop
409VetaTorres
shop keeper
410rolandperkins
". . . my brotherʻs keeper?"
411Carrotlady
stage door keeper
412pollysmith
stage fright
414VenusofUrbino
Night of the Living Dead
(yes, I know I added more than one word, but it went together so well!)
(yes, I know I added more than one word, but it went together so well!)
416VetaTorres
Dead Head
417rolandperkins
R. Kahnʻs Head Game (baseball)
418VetaTorres
game time
420rolandperkins
Lancasterʻs Hang Tough
421Carrotlady
tough love
422rolandperkins
Erdrichʻs Love Medicine
425pollysmith
gingerbread man
426VenusofUrbino
gingerbread house
427rolandperkins
House, a TV Series
429VenusofUrbino
elfin magic
431pollysmith
knight bus
432rolandperkins
a New York Knight*
*"Roy Hobbs" the hero of Malamudʻs The Natural
was a member of this fictional team; the teams the Knights played, howver, were named for real
teams.
*"Roy Hobbs" the hero of Malamudʻs The Natural
was a member of this fictional team; the teams the Knights played, howver, were named for real
teams.
434rolandperkins
La Fountaineʻs Two Minute Warning
435Carrotlady
distant early warning system
436rolandperkins
Tuchman ʻs Distant Mirror
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way side
440rolandperkins
Our Side
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mutual admiration
445Carrotlady
by mutual agreement
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rental agreement
448VenusofUrbino
unit of measure
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measuring tape
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"red tape"
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Alabamaʻs "Crimson Tide"
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crimson and clover
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King of the world, ma!
460rolandperkins
Stage Coach*
a (1939?) film classic, and it complement
of re-makes.
a (1939?) film classic, and it complement
of re-makes.
461VetaTorres
stage lighting
462rolandperkins
Marilʻs American Lighting
463Carrotlady
American Psycho
464pollysmith
American pie
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warming oven
470VetaTorres
oven baked
471pollysmith
home baked
472rolandperkins
baked beans
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half baked
474rolandperkins
Kristofʻs Half the Sky
475Carrotlady
The Sky at Night
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vanilla ice cream
479rolandperkins
"Mister Snow"* character in Carousel
*as far as Iʻm concerned, you can play on the spelling "mister" OR "Mr."
*as far as Iʻm concerned, you can play on the spelling "mister" OR "Mr."

