Nit pick alert

I say, I say...it's just an old joke, son! (well, "enigma", really)

Enigma (from The Boys Own Book, 1829):

A word of three syllables seek till you find,
That has in it the twenty-four letters combin'd.
Answer: Alphabet.


More riddles here:
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=32709

The Only WO'N!