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A.Word.A.Day--brougham(broom, BROO-uhm, broam, BROA-uhm)
noun: [After Henry Peter Brougham, First Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), Scottish-born jurist.] (The most silent letters in a row.) "'As long as one of you will play it matters not which. But we do not want a walkover so let us take the brougham,' sighed Mr Bennet." Dearer Miss Nomer; The Independent; Dec 30, 1996. This week's theme: Words with an unusual arrangement of letters X-BonusI am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. -J.D. Salinger
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