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Drakes Ducks ___ Swans Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "COBS" which means:
- noun
- • Nut of any of several trees of the genus corylus
- • Stocky short-legged harness horse
- • White gull having a black back and wings
- • Adult male swan verb
- • To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent.
- • Of growing corn, to have the heads mature into corncobs.
- • To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.
- • (northern uk, possibly colloquial) to throw, chuck, lob.
- • To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She fed the leftover corn cobs to the pigs."
- • "He removed the husks from the cobs before cooking them."
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New York Times23 Jan 2018 | Across 67 | |
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