G O L O M B' S G A M B I T S &trade "Word Shortenings" Solutions By Solomon Golomb '51
1. BOSUN (or even BOS'N) for BOATSWAIN 2. DOUGH for DO (in DO-RE-MI) have DOE as a homonym. 3. WRECKS and REX
4. WRAPPED/RAPT
5. COUGHED/COFT
6. THOUGH/THO Finally, we note that WORCESTERSHIRE (as in sauce) is pronounced WUSTASHER, for a reduction by five letters. |
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