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OLD JOBS
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$200
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No longer needed because of computers, linotype operators made sure these things got to one's doorstep daily
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newspapers
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$400
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In "Mary Poppins", a fittingly sooty Dick Van Dyke sings "Chim Chim Cher-ee", a song about this jobe
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a chimney sweep
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$600
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Back in the day, there was some heavy lifting for the guy with this job, also Val Kilmer's nickname in "Top Gun"
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iceman
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$800
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You used to be able to get a job as a pinsetter at one of these establishments
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a bowling alley
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$1000
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A rector is a university head; one letter different is this person from Latin "to read", who would read to factory workers
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a lector
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EVERYTHING IS ASSAM
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$200
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The Indian state of Assam gives its name to a common type of this, & Assam grows lots of it
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tea
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$400
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Weaving is an important tradition in Assam, & many homes have one of these devices seen here
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a loom
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$600
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Assam's Kaziranga National Park is a reserve for the royal Bengal species of this big predator
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a tiger
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$800
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Sericulture, the farming of these textile-producing creatures is a large part of the economy in Assam
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silkworms
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$1000
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These winds whose "season" begins in Assam in June have been known to cause devastation
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monsoons
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"E" BOOKS
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$200
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It's the third entry in the "Twilight" saga
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Eclipse
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$400
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There's a direction & a paradise in this double-"E" Steinbeck title
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East of Eden
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$600
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Gail Carson Levine reimagined "Cinderella" with the heroine under a curse of obedience in this double-"E" title
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Ella Enchanted
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$800
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A pistol-wielding panda adorns the cover of this bestseller about the importance of proper punctuation
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves
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$1000
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The title heroine of this 1816 novel wrongly believes herself to be a gifted matchmaker
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Emma
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2-LETTER WORDS
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Vamoose!
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go
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$400
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Hamlet's first choice
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be
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$600
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Evil King clown tale
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It
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$800
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22/7, approximately
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pi
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$1000
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The farming equivalent of Big Pharma is not Big Farm but big this
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Ag
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YOU CAN'T
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$200
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...buy more of the golden Kellogg's cereal named for this "Star Wars" droid; it was discontinued years ago
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C-3PO
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$400
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...move this kind of big rock if it's on public property in the Colorado city of the same name; the municipal code says no
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a boulder
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$600
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...change gears in a manual transmission auto without first disengaging & then re-engaging this
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the clutch
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$800
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...go boating in Owens Lake near the California-Nevada border; it dried up in the 1920s after its water was sent to this city
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Los Angeles
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$1000
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...visit Swaziland any more; in 2018 it changed its name to this
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Eswatini
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TUNE A FISH
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$200
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This song by the B-52's says, "There goes a dogfish, chased by a catfish"
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"Rock Lobster"
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$400
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A video for this tune about an infant predatory fish & family has racked up more than 8 billion views on YouTube
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"Baby Shark"
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$600
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This Oscar-winning tune from "The Little Mermaid" mentions "the trout rockin' out"
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"Under The Sea"
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$800
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Ann & Nancy Wilson wrote about the sleazy side of the music industry in this fishy song
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"Barracuda"
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$1000
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"Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea", says a No. 1 hit by this group with a different animal in its name
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Three Dog Night
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2011: 10 YEARS AGO
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$400
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In May President Obama announced on live TV that this man had been killed in a U.S. military operation
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Osama bin Laden
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$800
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A British royal wedding captured the world's attention as this pair got hitched in April
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Kate Middleton & Prince William
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$1200
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Zuccotti Park in New York City's Financial District was the birthplace of this movement against economic inequality
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Occupy Wall Street
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$1600
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This Ohio Republican took over as Speaker of the House of Representatives
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John Boehner
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$2000
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Israel freed 1,027 prisoners in exchange for soldier Gilad Shalit, 5 years a captive of this group that governs Gaza
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Hamas
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LET'S GO TO THE BEACH
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$400
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Just east of the city bearing its name, this beach is between Biscayne Bay & the Atlantic
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Miami Beach
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$800
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On June 6, 1944 the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion climbed the cliffs of the beach code-named this
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Omaha Beach
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$1200
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Snorkelers at Trunk Bay off St. John in this U.S. territory can read plaques on the seafloor for info on what they see
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the Virgin Islands
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$1600
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The beach Matthew Arnold was talking about must not have been this sunny spot on Barbados' south coast; it's no darkling plain
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Dover Beach
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$2000
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Between Fish Hoek & Cape Point, Boulders Beach gets all kinds of tourists in this country
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South Africa
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SUN & MOON
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$400
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58 miles in diameter, Copernicus is one of the most prominent of these features on the Moon
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a crater
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$800
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One of Harry Potter's friends at Hogwarts shares her first name with this Roman goddess of the Moon
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Luna
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$1200
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A penumbra is the outer, lighter ring of one of these solar freckles
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a sunspot
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$1600
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This Greek scholar with an Egyptian dynastic name devised his theory of the Sun revolving around the Earth around 150 A.D.
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Ptolemy
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$2000
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In 5 billion years, out of hydrogen, the Sun will become this big, colorful type of star & start engulfing planets
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a red giant
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OVER BUDGET
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$400
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A 2020 study found that each of these events since 1960 has gone over budget, averaging 172% & led by Montreal's 720%
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the Olympics
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$800
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The government of New South Wales held a lottery for 30 years to pay for this building whose budget went from $7 mil. to $102 mil.
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the Sydney Opera House
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$1200
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"A Musical Web" was the original subtitle of this Broadway show that went millions over budget
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Spider-Man
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$1600
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The 1858 $250,000 budget for the Old New York County Courthouse climbed to $12 million, much going into the pocket of this man
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Tweed
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$2000
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Building in brick to replace facades, this network went $30 million over budget on new sets for "Eastenders"
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the BBC
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FICTIONAL BOOKS
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$400
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The end of this musical sees the creation of "The Book of Arnold"
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The Book of Mormon
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$800
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This Sarah Jessica Parker character wrote the books "Menhattan" & "A Single Life"
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Carrie Bradshaw
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$1200
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"The First Time" & "Love Hurts" were books written by the murderous novelist that Sharon Stone played in this 1992 movie
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Basic Instinct
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$1600
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You can't book a room at this title Wes Anderson establishment, nor read the novel of the same title that appears in the film
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
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$2000
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This John Irving character wrote "Procrastination" & "Second Wind of the Cuckold"; mother Jenny wrote "A Sexual Suspect"
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T.S. Garp
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DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS
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$400
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First popular in the U.S. in the 1960s, table soccer is also known by this 1-word name
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foosball
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$800
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Delicious, here's a stack of the English type of this
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toffee
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$1200
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It is said that "For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of" this
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happiness
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$1600
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In retirement Sherlock Holmes devotes his time to this hobby
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beekeeping
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$2000
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Hosteler is an archaic synonym for this person
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an innkeeper
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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
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N/A
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In 1899 James Atkinson patented his new & improved one of these, including its spring-powered snapping action
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a mousetrap
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