Hoad-in-the-Toll
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1.
'Vulgar' is how he described
his brother's flashy attire, replete with sequins, a battery-powered
neon tie and oddly compatible spats. GARISH
2.
The clown's gait was a sham! Blending
an awkward walking style and pouty face, he was merely feigning
sadness to gain the sympathies of the audience under the Big Top
tent. SHAMBLE
3. Sam Atica
leaned into the bitter Canadian northerly waiting for just the
right light. He'd come all this way to capture images of Montreal's
1967
World Expo. Sure, he'd packed
for colder temperatures, but who could have predicted near freezing
temperatures, harsh, snow-bearing winds and the indiscreet public
disclosures by his ex-wife, Chantal? EXPOSURE
4. The principal
gave the school population the impression that the Jennings Award
(given to the 'best graduating student') was determined without
method or conscious choice when he decided the winner unilaterally
without consulting a teacher and omitted
to mention the criteria used to decide its questionable recipient.
RANDOM
5.Can
NYC man take the World Scrabble title? Yes, methinks,
as his mental muscle verges
on the mesomorphic. (2
words) CANNY + CLEVER
6. The stammering
huckster moved his cart into our street, unveiling a gawdy array
of black velvet paintings, exhorting "Exchange your used books for
these wonderful p-p-p-paintings. Take one h-h-h-home to fully, er,
appreciate these er superb art, er, er,
wer, works." BARTERER
7. Nathan had
had little success pitching
the idea of a newfangled submerged pump that would automatically
purge the waste water and sewage flowing into the covered cistern.
CESSPIT
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