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PUNNY & NOT-PUNNY DEFINITIONS |
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"The Metamorphosis" (1915) |
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This stone came before "lock" in the name of an olden type of musket |
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Amy Poehler acts as a surrogate for Tina Fey |
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Your 2013 weather forecast: expect fewer tornadoes but be ready for these to threaten the Gulf & Atlantic Coasts in June |
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A New Year's Day 2013 House vote kept the economy from sliding over what was known as this |
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"The period before a short stroll", or the introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution |
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Formed from sea creatures' shells, the limestone that makes up the White Cliffs of Dover is this one of the 3 classes of rock |
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Hilary Swank stars as Maggie Fitzgerald |
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Fight off colds, flu & vampires by eating cloves of this--it helps boost the immune system |
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They're the two New York governors seen here |
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"In favor of footballer Howie or actress Shelley", or to keep something going |
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"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" (1892) |
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World-famous granite boulder with "1620" carved on it |
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Diane Keaton plays a yuppie who inherits an infant |
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Coming quite early, the first day of this Jewish holiday coincides with Thanksgiving |
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In North Dakota, 13,452 signatures on one of these put an initiative on the state ballot |
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"Put on that frock again", or right a wrong |
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"A Good Man is Hard to Find" (1953) |
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Starting about 4 1/2 miles below the ocean floor, this layer of rock in the Earth is over 1,800 miles thick |
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Ben Affleck directed this tale about the kidnapping of a little girl |
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Philematology is the study of this; osculation is the act of doing it |
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"A colossal brim of a cap", or an overseeing manager |
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"Young Goodman Brown" (1835) |
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Black jasper is used as this type of "stone": rub a gold alloy on it & the streak color tells you the gold content |
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Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn grapple with a pet leopard |
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Occurring twice a month, it's the 6-letter hard-to-spell term for when the Sun, Moon & Earth are in alignment |
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Chairmen of this body have included Bob Dole, Lee Atwater &, currently, Reince Priebus |
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"A school class for a prisoner", or a large open space for crowds at an airport |
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