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Fleck

You've drunk deeply of everything and it hasn't left a fleck on you

Slobber

You know, men pay lots of money for that slobber

Curl

Stone ships tossed on the pubic curl of waves

Weight

The weight of hope and relief together was too great

Holdup

Two men walked into his store and announced a holdup

Abs

Is it just me, or can you actually see his abs through his overcoat?

Horn

Honking the horn, is that a sensible, safe thing to do

Slicker

And probably raining, but I see you're not wearing a slicker

Sentry

"Mooncalf yourself," said the sentry lamely from behind

Collar

He leaped off the bed, grabbed me by the collar and shook me

Statement

Friend, that is exactly the kind of statement that gets one branded assaultive

Leash

When to detach the parental leash?

Plenty

So as long as she gets plenty of rest, she'll be fine

Crack

Look, I hate this crack between the two of us

Crisis

After the grand crisis, the grand test

Patience

There was a look of martyrdom, tenderness, patience, in her smile

Assignment

And breakfast is not a taxing assignment

Funeral

Formed directly after the funeral, a dense cloud of smoke over her grave

Heck

What the heck is going on here?

Bullet

I was the only guy at the bar with a bullet in their guts

Intention

Let each inhale connect you deeper to your intention

Compassion

But she did not hear the compassion in his invitation

Avail

Why were the Beatitudes dreamed of and how do they avail?

Powder

It should have become powder for centuries

Seal

What's the difference between a sea lion and a seal?

Judge

I haven't been the best judge of character lately

Quiche

I can't wait to see you, my luscious little breakfast quiche

Stove

I shoved the old books into the stove and I turned things over in my mind

Dozen

Langdon scanned the dozen or so tourists wandering aimlessly in the shadows

Snooze

Guess the Grim Reaper must've hit the snooze button

Cruise

I guess I'm sort of a scientific cruise director

Snag

Let me know if you run into a snag

Oak

The calculator would tell me I need to cut 12 Oak logs

Cask

I picked my way carefully downhill feeling like a wine cask with legs

Scrunchie

Because I wear this stupid scrunchie when I wash my face at night

Passion

Here is a special passion, chic, the allurement of the forbidden

Sake

And we were just snuggling for old times' sake

Blossom

This flower-girl now offered her blossom to the soul

Cavity

You were right about the cavity behind the wall, sir

Cache

We search those caches, we could find our killer

Mesh

All his underwear are lined with mesh like a bathing suit

Vertex

This vertex of the para-boola is driving me nuts

Proximity

Your proximity to me doesn't make you entitled to anything of mine

Array

That is a delightful array of food and beverage

Bevel

The beveling is usually like an arrow, pointing toward the shooter

Resolution

And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter

Screw

A titanium screw from her jaw

Armature

She studied carpentry in order to build the armature

Curve

Thick black brows, straight instead of following the curve of the orbits

Hook

The agency said every model needs a hook

Lattice

No smoke came from the chimney, and the little lattice windows gaped forlorn

Collision

You leave me no other option, when you keep up your collision course

Fluid

He carried the glass of pink fluid and his hand was steady

Particle

The particle, as every one knows, possesses no significance

Environment

A new environment and a new example gave him the opportunity to find himself

Corruption

Kill integrity by internal corruption. Use it against itself

Regard

A token of my high regard

Tutu

Oh, look, it's a poodle in a tutu

Pry

I don't mean to pry, but you've been through something similar?

Cashew

I should get my own cashew butter

Dedication

Where's your dedication to the art form?

Warrior

Those warriors have guts of steel

Marsh

That cursed marsh wind kills many at all seasons

encouragement

I don't think he needs any encouragement

Scrap

The smallest scrap of the gutter of the street would have met her wishes better

Slick

You ever even seen an oil slick?

Betrayal

Confession is not betrayal

Sore

You being my personal herpes sore that won't go away

Saucepan

The chops were cooking in a saucepan when the pains returned

Yard

He turned a park’s compost yard there into a kind of feral art garden

Gut

Ah, you greedy gut, I shout at him, and he walks off and doesn't look back

Turd

She's as graceful as a frozen turd

Source

I thought I had found the source of your melancholy in a dream

Chuck.

It comes fitted with an 80-mil, three jaw self-centring chuck

Ruse

Did you really think your little ruse would work?

Bunch

The Salinas wind would blow away a tombstone, let along a bunch of carnations

Flour

They pounded bitter acorns for flour

Curtain

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

Cushion

She took her seat on the leather cushion and the motorcycle sped off

Purse

Hiding your purse decreases chances of theft

Wimpy

I was trying for genial and it came off wimpy

Fate

Malign fate had broken their necks, perhaps, but never their hearts

Quarter

I don't ask for quarter, but I don't give any, either

Silk

Some of the walls were still hung with faded silk

Chalk

Well, I chalk that up to immaturity

Day off

My one day off and it is miserable

Petrol

It was good to smell once more the smell of petrol

Wick

The shade screeched up, and she lighted the wick

Harvest

And you want a harvest surgery

Conscription

They feared conscription and kidnapping

Corpse

What a fool, not even to know what to do with a corpse!

Trouser

My trouser hams are not for sale, sir!

Pursuit

Look, our forefathers died for the pursuit of happiness, okay?

Labour

Labour is the primary export for the poorer countries

Shell

A shell full of sheep brains hurts pretty bad

Barrage

I will not debase myself by responding to that barrage of lies

Knack

Well, you certainly have a knack for landing on your feet, now don't you?

Cellar

I would sneak into the cellar and eat as much as I could

Destiny

There is a difference between fate and destiny

Dignity

There is no dignity in death in battle

Justice

Her passion was standing up for justice

Scrutiny

His background turns into a swamp and invites scrutiny

Dung

And the quantity of dung he ate both from me and from thee

Swamp

Anything else probably sunk into the swamp or was carried off by predators

Hostage

I'm not your wife, I'm your hostage

Succour

You struggle in vain; no more human succor is possible

Lace

I wish he'd bring in more hospital supplies and less hoop skirts and lace

Conjunction

And is often used in conjunction with the electro-shock therapy

Blade

If only he could turn into a razor blade and slip into a crack in the wall

Endurance

He learned that her endurance was greater than his

Dependability

They are looking for dependability, reliability and consistency

Cylinder

You might want to check the cylinder before you pull that trigger

Lung

And a lung problem isn't causing hallucinations

Rubber

It was not quite like hard rubber, and I had the sensation that it was alive

Handkerchief

He passed over a grubby knotted handkerchief which chinked

Peacock

I'm going to be called Fighting Peacock

Runway

Making sure the models get from here to the runway

Typist

Mysterious suicide, absconding bank clerk, missing typist...

Proverb

It is an old proverb that the laws are silent amidst arms

Awhile

I would have struck thee there awhile back if thou had spoken

Ham

Give me that ham, you stupid dog!

Jug

A large jug was circulating, and the mugs were being refilled with beer

Teapot

Inside a big dirty stinking teapot, it feels like

Extinction

If we do not change now, then we deserve extinction

Decision

She was, I believe, hesitating on the brink of a decision

Charity

When he gave to charity, his left hand never knew what his right hand was doing

Contrary

Revolution is precisely the contrary of revolt

Expense

But society didn't want him to live at its expense

Due

There are no dues or fees for NA membership

Fraud

And may we be damned if greatness must reach us through fraud!

Pest

It's not murder, it's pest control for the sake of Britain's woodland

Denouement

What a denouement to a thing so innocent, so charming!

Seagull

A seagull stole a hot dog from me on the beach

Carcass

The crabs will have to fast, until the next carcass drifts down

Basement

They caught me making out with a girl in the basement and all hell broke loose

Concrete

You don't want possibilities, you want concrete, right?

Advance

You seem to hear everything I say a minute in advance

Mount

But this is a mount that doesn't need to be guided and never grows tired

Saliva

There'll be no more exchanging saliva!

Bib

If you want something more powerful, I've got an otter in a bib

Composure

He was a little abashed by her regal composure

Affection

Brute

You are a queer mixture of child and man, of brute and noble

Flesh

His flesh gripped him and shrank as if it had been plunged in acid

Headquarters

The Sarajevo assassination had filled police headquarters with numerous victims

Grocery

Do monks go grocery shopping, too?

Volume

It was a volume with romantic etchings of ideal landscapes

Refuse

Health Code 11 B requires that refuse be taken out the back exit

Closet

If I were a piano player, I'd play it in the goddam closet

Sail

Sailing across Lake Lachrymose in a hurricane offers a plethora of challenges