Putt-putt
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MINIGOLF The game of miniature golf emerged in the early 1900s. The name “putt-putt” is quite commonly used for the game today in the US. This name comes from the Putt-Putt Fun Center chain of courses that was founded in Fayetteville, North Carolina in ...
Indian dish of potatoes and cauliflower
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ALOO GOBI Aloo gobi is a very tasty vegetarian dish in Indian cuisine made from potatoes and cauliflower, flavored with traditional Indian spices. “Aloo” translates to “potato” and “gobi” to “cauliflower”. ...
Period from 1945 to 1953
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TRUMAN ERA Harry S. Truman became vice president under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in January of 1945. He was in office for only 82 days when he was informed at the Whie House by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt that her husband had died in ...
Played the rat
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FINKED A fink is an informer, someone who rats out his or her cohorts. The term “finked” is a past tense verb derived from the noun “fink.” Here are a couple of potential meanings: Betrayed or Informed Against: In informal language, “finked” can mean ...
Utopias
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EDENS The word “Utopia” was coined by Sir Thomas More in his book “Utopia” published in 1516 to describe an idyllic fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. More’s use of the name Utopia comes from the Greek “ou” meaning “not” and “topos” meaning “place”. ...
Intruded, with “in”
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HORNED … To horn in is to intrude, to join in without invitation. The verb was coined around 1880 in American English, and was originally slang used by cowboys. ...
Seasonal Russian cottages
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DACHAS Dachas are usually second homes in Russia and the former Soviet Union that are located outside the city limits in rural areas. Residents/tenants of dachas are often called “dachniks”. ...
Purchase at a sports stadium
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JERSEY We use the word “jersey” for a sports shirt worn by a particular team member, one that usually bears the player’s name and team number. Back in the mid-1800s, the term was used for a knitted shirt or close-fitting tunic. The item of ...
Compulsory payments of old
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MULCTS “Mulct” is a term used primarily in civil law for a fine, a financial penalty imposed by a court. “Mulct” is a term that is typically used as a verb or a noun in legal and formal contexts. It refers to a fine, ...
Like some decals
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IRON-ON A decal is a decorative sticker. “Decal” is a shortening of “decalcomania”. The latter term is derived from the French “décalquer”, the practice of tracing a pattern from paper onto glass or perhaps porcelain. ...
Use a divining rod
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DOWSE Dowsing is the practice of divining, not just for water but also for buried metals and gemstones. Often a dowser will use a Y-shaped or L-shaped rod as a tool, which can also be called a dowser. Here in the US, the tool ...
Capital on the island of Luzon
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MANILA Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is the most densely populated city proper (discounting metro areas) in the whole world. Metro Manila includes the neighboring Quezon City, which is the most populous city in the country. Quezon City was founded in ...
Leave hurriedly, in quaint usage
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TAKE A POWDER The phrase “to take a powder” means “to scram, vanish”. This meaning was first recorded in the 1920s, and may derive from the medical instruction “take a powder”, which may imply having to make a quick exit! The expression “take a ...
Investigators: Abbr.
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DETS Detective (det.) “Detective” (often abbreviated as “det.”) typically refers to a law enforcement officer, often a police officer, who is assigned to investigate and solve crimes. Detectives, also known as investigators, work to gather evidence, interview witnesses, analyze information, and piece together the ...
Rough fabric with a loose weave
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RATINE Ratiné is a loosely woven and rough fabric made with knotty yarns. Ratiné is also known as “sponge cloth”. “Ratine” can have different meanings depending on the context: Fabric: Ratine refers to a type of fabric with a textured or puckered surface. It ...
Who said “Football is not about one or two or three star players”
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PELE “Pelé” was the nickname of Edson de Nascimento, a soccer player who used the name “Pelé” for most of his life. For my money, Pelé was the world’s greatest ever player of the game. He was the only person to have been a ...
Like some golf courses
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NINE-HOLE There’s an urban myth that the standard number of holes on a golf course is 18 because it takes 18 shots to polish off a fifth of scotch whisky. However, the truth is that the standard number of holes in the Old Course ...
Having equal angles
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ISOGONAL An isogon is a polygon with equal angles in the corn The term “isogonal” is used in various fields with different meanings: Geometry: In geometry, “isogonal” refers to a relationship between geometric figures. Two figures are said to be isogonal if they have ...
Badger
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NAG To badger is to harass. The verb “to badger” comes from the cruel practice of badger-baiting, which dates back to medieval times. Badger-baiting is a blood sport in which a dog is used as bait for a badger in its den, to draw ...
Port city in Algeria
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ORAN Oran lies on the Algerian coast, and is famous for being the port where the French Navy was largely destroyed by the British during WWII in order to avoid the French vessels falling into the hands of Nazi Germany after France surrendered. This ...
