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Inside each set of words there is a pair of smaller words that become a familiar phrase when you put an "&" between them.

Thighbone / Swallowtail = High & Low

Skyrocket / Trolleyman = Rock & Roll

Try this one & then add another for the next person:

Delaware / Bordering
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Law & Order.

battlefield / ballrooms (best I can do right now)
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Ahso!;1528951 wrote: Law & Order.

battlefield / ballrooms (best I can do right now)


Bat & Ball?

lol ... it's harder than I thought to come up with a new one ~~ I'll have to think about it a while! :)
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Okay, I have one now ...

Allspice / Hispanic
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tabby;1528988 wrote: Okay, I have one now ...

Allspice / Hispanic


Blimey. Talk about US/UK spelling differences. Over here in the UK that has to be "spick and span", any alternative for the first word is extremely derogatory.

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I think it's "spick & span" here too but I couldn't think of a word with "spick" in it!

We have a household cleaner that's been around for ages that's called "Spic & Span" so I went with that because I could make it fit! The K had to go.
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Mispickel, the original name for the mineral arsenopyrite, should have immediately sprung to mind!

We do not have that cleaning product. Cillit Bang, we have that one, which is some form of polish. I expect the makers have a little laugh at that one because they're Polish too. For chaps who frequent Hampstead Heath after dark we have either Flash or Fairy depending on preference.
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spot;1528992 wrote: Blimey. Talk about US/UK spelling differences. Over here in the UK that has to be "spick and span", any alternative for the first word is extremely derogatory.

Artillery Sidewinder.


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spot;1528992 wrote: Blimey. Talk about US/UK spelling differences. Over here in the UK that has to be "spick and span", any alternative for the first word is extremely derogatory.

Artillery Sidewinder.


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spot;1529004 wrote: Mispickel, the original name for the mineral arsenopyrite, should have immediately sprung to mind!




What was I thinking?? It seems so obvious now!

crybaby / overstepped
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