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November 14, 2008
Today's word: landau
A four-wheeled carriage with a convertible top, named for the town in Germany where it originated.
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November 15, 2008
Today's word: journeyman
A person who has completed an apprenticeship and has become sufficiently skilled to work in a shop.
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November 16, 2008
Today's word: hogshead
A cask, specifically a wooden container for shipping tobacco in the colonial period, measuring four feet high and 30 inches in diameter at each end.
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November 17, 2008
Today's word: halfpenny
Half of a penny, pronounced "hay-penny."
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November 18, 2008
Today's word: three-cornered hat
A turned up, or "cock," hat.
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November 19, 2008
Today's word: fortnight
A phrase used to describe the span of fourteen nights.
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November 20, 2008
Today's word: spatterdashes
Gaiters of leather or canvas shaped to the leg, covering from the knee to the ankle.