I must remember to pay attention, and to listen.
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Yesterday's Daily Vocabulary:
anagram
Moses Lake
nodule
preview
airline
$15
crammed
concertina
Saint Vincent
holiday
pool
stripes
grey
China
scooter
$4.02
Salumi
olive
levee
sea-moss
dogwood
Phoenix
tatterdemalion
zigzag
(The rules for Daily Vocabulary:
any word listed must have been spoken or heard,
either live or in any form of media. The written word
does not qualify.)
Ooh, thanks for tatterdemalion! I don't recall ever hearing or coming across it in print in lo these 54 years since I was born in Phoenix.
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Nita -- it's one of Paul's favorite words!
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to think of when I first heard it. I've known the word for a long time, and I may first have read it in connection with the American army in the Revolutionary War.
ReplyDeleteBut I am surprised that it's unknown in Phoenix.
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