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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Mystery Date
Description: A librarian opens a book and finds a mysterious invitation scribbled on the back of a business card. Another discovers a childâs letter to the Tooth Fairy, tucked into a book decades ago. What stories are left untold by these forgotten, makeshift bookmarks? Also: a âcumshaw artistâ is the wily member of a military unit who knows the shortcuts of procuring something for all their buddies, whether itâs food or a borrowed vehicle for the evening. Plus, a handy Russian saying translates as âthe circus left, the clowns remain.â Also, scroll the window down, case quarter, Johnny pump, getting o...