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noun • transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words | ||||||||
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noun • a genus of Scombridae | ||||||||
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noun • a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism | ||||||||
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SPOONERISM which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SPOONERISM
Updated: October 14, 2023
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