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Unusual U.K. Place names 8. – Trull

TRULL

Village near Taunton

Name is derived from trendle

a circle or wheel


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The quest for learning

The school bus arrives

Eager kids clamber aboard

Starting their journey


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obscure words explained 55. – lacuna

LACUNA

Some unfilled spaces

An empty heart without love

A book’s missing page


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Obscure words explained54. cephalophore

CEPHALOPHORE

Decapitated

A saint depicted with head

tucked under his arm


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Obscure words explained 48. -turophobia

TUROPHOBIA

Mice don’t have it

Nor does the photographer

One, two, three,  say Cheese!


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Obscure words explained 47. – defluous

DEFLUOUS

Softly flowing down

Like girl’s freshly shampooed hair

falling round her neck


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Obscure words explained 46. – Sprawly

SPRAWLY

Sprawly words stretch out

but in their own contained way

covering the page


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Obscure words explained 45. – barbigerous

BARBIGEROUS

bearded not shaven

way to live a long safe life

never a close shave


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The Queen of Mean

Leona Helmsley

is she perhaps Trump’s mother?

Both from the same mold

 


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Obscure words explained 43. – caliginous

CALIGINOUS

Dim weather outside

It’s a dark and stormy night

porch light dispels gloom