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Word in the Middle #3

The missing word completes two phrases.
For example: Magic Carpet Burn = Magic Carpet and Carpet Burn.
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Last updated: April 7, 2015
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First submittedSeptember 18, 2012
Times taken35,031
Average score64.3%
Rating4.22
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Phrase
Square Root Beer
Acid Rain Forest
Graph Paper Mache
Bowling Alley Cat
Brain Storm Trooper
Talking Head Lice
Prime Time Bomb
Phrase
About Face Value
Kidney Stone Age
Tomato Soup Kitchen
Roast Beef Wellington
Quantum Leap Year
Christmas Tree Frog
Jump Rope Ladder
Phrase
Long Shot Glass
Country Club Sandwich
Cigarette Smoke Screen
Fashion Plate Tectonics
Lance Corporal Punishment
Washing Machine Gun
Baked Potato Famine
Phrase
Cowboy Hat Trick
Clam Bake Sale
Duct Tape Recorder
Prison Break Dancing
Wicked Witch Doctor
Secret Agent Orange
Printing Press Release
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Level 81
Dec 9, 2012
Well done!
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Level 61
Dec 9, 2012
For some reason I could only of secret squirrel and squirrel orange really doesn't work! lol
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Level 24
Dec 9, 2012
haha squirrel orange that's clever
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Level 66
Jan 19, 2017
Secret squirrel?
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Level 43
Dec 25, 2017
the heck
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Level 77
Dec 9, 2012
Took me a long time to get paper mache because I've only ever seen it written papier-mâché. Mache was meaningless to me without the accents!
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Level 71
Apr 29, 2017
Winner of Dec. 2012 'Golden Nitpickers Award'.
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Level 77
Oct 19, 2019
Not much of an award as eric29cocoanuts is 100% correct. Paper mache doesn't exist.
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Level 60
Dec 10, 2012
How about "Secret Code Orange"?
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Level 51
Jul 20, 2015
I also tried code.
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Level 50
Dec 10, 2012
Many of these would make great T-Shirts.
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Level 23
Dec 11, 2012
hehe, I was thinking of "Quantum Solace Year" (dont worry, I figured it out!). I got 12/30.... :(
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Level 23
Dec 11, 2012
I kept thinking of Lance Armstrong
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Level 51
Jul 20, 2015
I thought of that, but didn't try it. I have no idea what lance corporal is.
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Level 62
Aug 30, 2015
A rank in the Marines.
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Level 71
Jul 25, 2016
Lance corporal (LCpl or formerly L/Cpl) is the lowest ranking non-commissioned officer in the British Army. A single chevron is worn on the upper arm.
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Level 20
Dec 18, 2012
Me too, I knew it would be wrong, but I typed armstrong anyway, lol, just to see..
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Level 65
May 19, 2015
same here
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Level 35
Dec 28, 2012
14
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Level 54
Aug 29, 2013
Very good quiz.
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Level 41
Sep 18, 2013
Excellent quiz - loved it. You should perhaps consider Quantum Gap and Gap Year as both are valid phrases.
+3
Level 90
Oct 6, 2014
I desperately want to figure out what Prison Dirty is.
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Level 75
Jun 16, 2017
2 minutes on the internet is all it'd take
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Level 60
Apr 16, 2015
Ham could work between country and sandwich
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Level 60
May 19, 2015
I also tried Ham first.
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Level 74
May 19, 2015
I tried this too.
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Level 59
May 19, 2015
Ham was my choice too. I think it ought to be allowed.
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Level 84
May 21, 2015
Agreed!
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Level 85
May 25, 2015
I thought the same thing. Ham works for both.
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Level 68
Jan 13, 2017
Actually, got club first off.
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Level 75
Jan 19, 2017
Another vote for ham.
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Level 62
Jan 29, 2019
Me too, t(ham)ks.
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Level 84
Apr 24, 2015
What is a fashion plate?
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Level 66
May 19, 2015
It is a fashion photo in a magazine or newspaper
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Level 70
May 19, 2015
I eventually got Country Club Sandwich but perhaps you'd consider adding Country Ham Sandwich. (I got stuck on that for a while and there IS such a thing as Country Ham.)
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Level 65
May 19, 2015
If the accents in paper mâché were added, I would have gotten that one. I kept thinking of the "mach" sound as in "stomach."
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Level 71
Aug 30, 2015
Thank goodness the English language has got away from all those squiggley bits of accents that can change whole meanings.
+3
Level 76
Aug 16, 2018
Yeah, now we get the fun of guessing whether someone means "resume" or "resume"!
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Level 77
Jul 7, 2016
If it has accents then it's not "paper" any more, it should be "papier".
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Level 85
May 19, 2015
What's a tape recorder?
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Level 83
Dec 2, 2015
Have they been lost in the mists of time already?
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Level 60
Jul 7, 2016
Clearly we've found a troll...please...
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Level 71
Jul 25, 2016
A very young troll.
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Level 65
Apr 20, 2019
It is a long cord on which you can hang/ string your rolls of (duct) tape.

if you hang them back you record them

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Level 83
May 19, 2015
One more vote for "Country HAM Sandwich"
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Level 58
Nov 27, 2016
Apparently, HAM is not going to be accepted. It's been a year. (I tried it, too.)
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Level 58
May 22, 2015
For Country_____Sandwich can you also take ham? Country ham, ham sandwich
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Level 90
May 26, 2015
I agree with many others that Country "HAM" Sandwich should be allowed. I kept trying it thinking there was a mistake.
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Level 51
Jul 18, 2015
And another American for Country Ham Sandwich....really, Country Ham is a thing.
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Level 78
Jul 16, 2016
"Up" for clam and sale
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Level 84
Oct 6, 2016
It's papier, not paper in papier-mâché.
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Level 68
Jan 13, 2017
Thought I'd take a long shot, and YUS!
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Level 46
Feb 5, 2017
Damn, thought it was Country Ham Sandwich
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Level 73
Feb 1, 2018
I know my roots are showing, but that's what I thought too. Couldn't believe it wasn't correct and couldn't think of anything else.
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Level 73
May 2, 2018
Tried this clue out at a party recently. Results were: 11 - ham, 2- club, and one no answer. I must be hanging out with the wrong crowd.
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Level 48
Oct 22, 2018
as an UK raised Aussie, "club" was my first thought, i have never heard of a country ham.. sounds like a bad actor !! (sorry Porky).... i have few problems on this site, other than overtly US-centric things like old sports stars or small towns or 50 states in 30 seconds etc ... i enjoy the challenges.. i read a lot, watch TV and movies and must absorb a lot as i go... bottom line, if you don't like these quizzes, go find another site... 10/10 Jetpunk !!!!!
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Level 80
Nov 2, 2020
Same! It seemed like the obvious answer to me and I was so confused that it wasn't.
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Level 66
Jan 29, 2019
Prison blues / blues dancing?

Jump step / step ladder?

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Level 75
Jan 29, 2019
How about 'step' for jump/ladder?
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Level 65
Apr 20, 2019
Surely long drink and drink glass should be an accepted answer?
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Level 65
Feb 29, 2020
What is a long drink? Like a "nice long drink of lemonade" or something?

I've heard drinking glass but never drink glass.

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Level 46
Jul 17, 2019
Got only 17. I also got ‘long drink glass’, ‘secret code orange’, country ham sandwich’, ‘jump step ladder’. Hard enough for non-natives. I had to look up what ‘about face’ and ‘corporal lance’ were.
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Level 57
Aug 2, 2021
Very American. Would be better to have USA somewhere in the description.
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Level 79
Dec 8, 2022
You're on an American website geared towards Americans. Why does this confuse so many people? lol
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Level 81
Sep 21, 2021
Long hours / hourglass? Close enough?
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Level 82
Sep 25, 2023
another vote for Country Ham Sandwich!!
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Level 80
Nov 2, 2023
+1 for country ham sandwich