| Quaint contraction |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2026 |
| "___ the night before Christmas …" |
New York Times |
08 Jun 2026 |
| "Jabberwocky" start |
Newsday |
21 May 2026 |
| "___ the night before Christmas ..." |
New York Times Midi |
11 May 2026 |
| First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jan 2026 |
| "-- brillig ..." |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jan 2026 |
| "-- brillig ..." |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jan 2026 |
| First word of a classic holiday poem |
The Washington Post Mini |
17 Dec 2025 |
| "___ the night before ..." |
|
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| "___ the night before Christmas . . ." |
USA Today |
10 Oct 2025 |
| "-- brillig ..." |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Sep 2025 |
| "Jabberwocky" start |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Sep 2025 |
| "___ the night before ..." |
LA Times Mini |
02 Sep 2025 |
| "___ the night before Christmas ..." |
|
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| "___ the night before ..." |
|
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| Old-fashioned contraction |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2025 |
| Poetic contraction |
Newsday |
24 Jul 2025 |
| "___ the night before Christmas ..." |
|
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| "___ Love-not me": Emily Dickinson |
|
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| "Alas, -- not to be" |
Premier Sunday |
22 Jun 2025 |
| First word of Carroll's "Jabberwocky" |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2025 |
| "___ the night before Christmas, when all through the house..." |
|
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| "- the night belore Christmas ..." |
|
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| 'Tis in the past |
Universal |
27 May 2025 |
| "___ brillig, and the slithy toves" (start of "Jabberwocky") |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" starter |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 May 2025 |
| "-- the night before ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 May 2025 |
| "Jabberwocky" starter |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Apr 2025 |
| 'Tis, but in the past |
Universal |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Past-tense 'tis |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2025 |
| "Jabberwocky" start |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Mar 2025 |
| It was (poetic) ('4) |
|
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| Quaint contraction |
LA Times Daily |
18 Feb 2025 |
| "____ the night before Christmas ..." |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Feb 2025 |
| 'Tis in the past |
Universal |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Quaint contraction |
New York Times |
20 Nov 2024 |
| "___ the night before ..." |
|
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| "___ the night before Christmas ..." |
Universal |
05 Nov 2024 |
| It used to be briefly expressed (4) |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" start |
Newsday |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Yuletide poem opener |
Premier Sunday |
29 Sep 2024 |
| "__ the night before..." |
Newsday |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Was said |
|
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| "__ the night before Christmas..." |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2024 |
| "___ the night before ..." |
|
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| Past tense of tis |
USA Today |
06 Aug 2024 |
| First word of Jabberwocky |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Aug 2024 |
| "___ the night before Christmas . . ." |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2024 |
| "Jabberwocky" start |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jun 2024 |
| "____ brillig, and the slithy toves" (Lewis Carroll) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Jun 2024 |
| Christmas poem opener |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2024 |
| "__ the night before Christmas..." |
Newsday |
01 May 2024 |
| The first word of Jabberwocky |
|
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| "- the night before ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Apr 2024 |
| "A Visit from St. Nicholas" beginning |
|
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| "___ the Night Before Pride" (picture book by Joanna McClintick) |
|
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| ''___ the night before ...'' |
Family Time |
03 Mar 2024 |
| "- brillig ..." |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Feb 2024 |
| Christmas poem contraction |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2024 |
| 'Tis in the past |
LA Times Daily |
10 Feb 2024 |
| "___ the night before Christmas . . ." |
USA Today |
09 Feb 2024 |
| Poetic contraction |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Feb 2024 |
| "Jabberwocky" starter |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2024 |
| "__ the night before Christmas . . ." |
Newsday |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Quaint contraction |
|
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| Quaint contraction |
LA Times Daily |
26 Nov 2023 |
| "___ the night before Christmas …" |
New York Times |
19 Nov 2023 |
| "Jabberwocky" starter |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Nov 2023 |
| '__ the night before . . .' |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2023 |
| '___ the night before Christmas . . .' |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2023 |
| '___ the night before Christmas ...' |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2023 |
| '___ the night before Christmas ?' |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2023 |
| "___ the night before ..." |
Universal |
25 Jul 2023 |
| '___ the night before Christmas . . .' |
USA Today |
11 Jul 2023 |
| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2023 |
| '__ the night before Christmas' |
Newsday |
24 Apr 2023 |
| '___ the night before Christmas . . .' |
USA Today |
26 Mar 2023 |
| '___ the night before Christmas . . .' |
USA Today |
20 Feb 2023 |
| First word in a classic Christmas poem |
Universal |
21 Jan 2023 |
| "___ the night before..." |
|
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| "___ the night before Christmas..." |
|
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| What comes before the night before Christmas? |
New York Times |
04 Dec 2022 |
| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
Universal |
03 Dec 2022 |
| "___ brillig, and the slithy toves..." ("Jabberwocky" opening) |
|
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| Poetic contraction |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2022 |
| "— brillig ..." |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Sep 2022 |
| Christmas poem opener |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2022 |
| "__ the night before Christmas ... " |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2022 |
| "Jabberwocky" starter |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Aug 2022 |
| "— not to be" |
Premier Sunday |
31 Jul 2022 |
| Past-tense version of 'tis |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2022 |
| "___ the night before ..." |
Universal |
16 Jun 2022 |
| '___ the night before Christmas . . .' |
USA Today |
05 May 2022 |
| Opening on Christmas Eve? |
New York Times |
16 Mar 2022 |
| "___ the Night Before Christmas" |
Universal |
24 Jan 2022 |
| "___ the night before..." |
|
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| What's before the night before Christmas? |
Family Time |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Christmas poem opener |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2022 |
| "___ the night before Christmas" |
|
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| What comes before the night before Christmas? |
Family Time |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Contraction starting a Christmas poem |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2021 |
| “___ the night before Christmas …” |
New York Times |
16 Nov 2021 |
| Past-tense 'tis |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2021 |
| “___ brillig...” |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Nov 2021 |
| “___ the night before Christmas …” |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2021 |
| Yule poem opening |
Newsday |
17 Oct 2021 |
| ''Jabberwocky'' starter |
Newsday |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Start of a classic Christmas poem |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2021 |
| What precedes "the night before Christmas" |
Universal |
03 Oct 2021 |
| “Jabberwocky” beginning |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Oct 2021 |
| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
Universal |
27 Sep 2021 |
| ''Jabberwocky'' opener |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2021 |
| Quaint ''used to be'' |
Newsday |
16 Jul 2021 |
| First word of a famous Christmas poem |
Family Time |
12 Jul 2021 |
| Contraction in a Christmas poem |
USA Today |
06 Jul 2021 |
| It was very old? |
Family Time |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Start of "Jabberwocky" |
Universal |
28 May 2021 |
| "__ the night before ... " |
LA Times Daily |
24 May 2021 |
| '__ the night before ... ' |
|
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| "___ the night before Christmas ..." |
Universal |
14 May 2021 |
| "___ the night before ..." |
Universal |
09 May 2021 |
| First word of “A Visit From St. Nicholas” |
Wall Street Journal |
01 May 2021 |
| "___ the night before Christmas ..." |
Family Time |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Moore poem opener |
Newsday |
07 Mar 2021 |
| "Jabberwocky" opener |
Universal |
04 Mar 2021 |
| "Jabberwocky" starter |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Nov 2020 |
| '___ brillig ...' |
New York Times |
13 Nov 2020 |
| "___ the night before ..." |
|
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| '___ a rough night': Macbeth |
New York Times |
07 Oct 2020 |
| Past-tense 'tis |
USA Today |
15 Sep 2020 |
| '___ the night before Christmas . . .' |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2020 |
| First word in a classic poem about 17-Across |
|
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| First word in a classic poem about 17-Across |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2020 |
| "— brillig ..." |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jul 2020 |
| Yuletide poem opener |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2020 |
| "— the night before ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 May 2020 |
| Yuletide poem start |
Newsday |
24 May 2020 |
| ''__ the night before Christmas . . .'' |
Newsday |
19 May 2020 |
| Yuletide poem starter |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2020 |
| '— the night before ...' |
Premier Sunday |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Christmas poem opener |
|
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| Christmas poem opener |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2020 |
| Contraction in a Christmas poem |
USA Today |
26 Dec 2019 |
| 'Tis, in the past tense |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2019 |
| "__ wondrous pitiful": "Othello" |
LA Times Daily |
23 Nov 2019 |
| '__ wondrous pitiful': 'Othello' |
|
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| Old-style ''used to be'' |
Newsday |
16 Nov 2019 |
| Had been in poems? |
|
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| "A Visit from St. Nicholas" opener |
Universal |
13 Oct 2019 |
| “Jabberwocky” start |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Sep 2019 |
| First word of 'Jabberwocky' |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2019 |
| First word of 'A Visit From St. Nicholas' |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2019 |
| ''Jabberwocky'' starter |
Newsday |
22 Aug 2019 |
| Christmas poem contraction |
|
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| Christmas poem contraction |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jun 2019 |
| ''Jabberwocky'' opener |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2019 |
| Contraction at the start of a sentence |
New York Times |
02 May 2019 |
| Contraction that starts 'Jabberwocky' |
New York Times |
20 Mar 2019 |
| Dickinson contraction |
Newsday |
15 Mar 2019 |
| Christmas poem opener |
Premier Sunday |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Start of a classic Christmas poem |
New York Times |
10 Feb 2019 |
| 'Love, when we met, ___ like two planets meeting': Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2019 |
| '— the night before ...' |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Jan 2019 |
| First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jan 2019 |
| First word of 'A Visit From St. Nicholas' |
|
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| Harsh notes one's omitted around Christmas poem opening |
|
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| ''__ the night before . . .'' |
Newsday |
02 Jan 2019 |
| "A Visit from St. Nicholas" opener |
|
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| Start of a classic Christmas poem |
|
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| First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
|
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| Christmas poem contraction |
|
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| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
|
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| Contraction that starts "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| Contraction at the start of a sentence |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" start |
|
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| "__ the night before ... " |
|
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| "___ the night before ..." |
|
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| "Love, when we met, ___ like two planets meeting": Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
|
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| 'Jabberwocky' opening |
|
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| First word of 'Jabberwocky' |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2018 |
| 'Jabberwocky' starter |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Oct 2018 |
| First word of 'A Visit From St. Nicholas' |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Sep 2018 |
| 'Jabberwocky' starter |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Aug 2018 |
| It was in the past? |
Universal |
16 Jul 2018 |
| Christmas verse starter |
Premier Sunday |
08 Jul 2018 |
| First word in Moore's Christmas poem |
|
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| First word in Moore's Christmas poem |
LA Times Daily |
28 May 2018 |
| ' the night before ...' |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 May 2018 |
| 'A Visit From St. Nicholas' opener |
USA Today |
20 May 2018 |
| '___ autumn, and a clear and placid day': Wordsworth |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2018 |
| "___ the night before Christmas..." (Clement Moore poem lines) |
|
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| Holiday poem starter |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2018 |
| "Jabberwocky" starter |
USA Today |
20 Jan 2018 |
| '-- brillig ...' |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Poetic contraction |
|
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| '-- the Night Before Christmas', poem by Clement Clarke Moore |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" starter |
|
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| "A Visit From St. Nicholas" opener |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" starter |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" opening |
|
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| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
|
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| Holiday poem starter |
|
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| "___ autumn, and a clear and placid day": Wordsworth |
|
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| It was in the past? |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" opener |
|
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| Christmas poem opener |
|
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| First word in Moore's Christmas poem |
|
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| "'___ the night before ..." |
Universal |
27 Dec 2017 |
| Contraction before 'brillig' |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Oct 2017 |
| "Jabberwocky" opener |
LA Times Daily |
13 Sep 2017 |
| 'Jabberwocky' opener |
|
|
| Start of a classic Yuletide verse |
Universal |
06 Sep 2017 |
| "A Visit From St. Nicholas" opener |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2017 |
| Start of a Christmas poem |
Universal |
29 Jul 2017 |
| Start of a Clement Moore Christmas poem |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2017 |
| Opening of a classic Christmas poem |
Universal |
09 Jul 2017 |
| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2017 |
| What's before the night before Christmas? |
Universal |
25 Jun 2017 |
| Tales written and spoken? They'll start thus (often) |
|
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| First word of 'Jabberwocky' |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jun 2017 |
| '__ brillig ... ' |
|
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| "__ brillig ... " |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2017 |
| ''__ Christmas told the merriest tale'': Scott |
Newsday |
08 Apr 2017 |
| Word that begins with an apostrophe |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2017 |
| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
Universal |
28 Feb 2017 |
| '___ the night before Christmas ...' |
New York Times |
16 Jan 2017 |
| Opening of a classic Christmas poem |
|
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| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| Start of a Christmas poem |
|
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| "___ brillig ..." |
|
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| "___ the night before Christmas ..." |
|
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| "'___ the night before ..." |
|
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| "___ the night before Christmas ..." |
|
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| Start of a classic Yuletide verse |
|
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| What's before the night before Christmas? |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" opener |
|
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| "__ brillig ... " |
|
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| Start of a Clement Moore Christmas poem |
|
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| Start of a Clement Moore Christmas classic |
|
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| First word in "Jabberwocky" |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2016 |
| Christmas poem opener |
USA Today |
29 Nov 2016 |
| '___ brillig...' |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Nov 2016 |
| Start of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2016 |
| "Jabberwocky" opener |
USA Today |
21 Aug 2016 |
| "Jabberwocky" beginning |
Universal |
13 Aug 2016 |
| Quaint contraction |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2016 |
| First word of 58-Across |
USA Today |
31 Mar 2016 |
| '___ the night before Christmas ...' |
|
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| "___ the night before Christmas . . ." |
USA Today |
13 Feb 2016 |
| "Jabberwocky" opener |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" beginning |
|
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| First word in "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| Quaint contraction |
|
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| "___ the night before Christmas . . ." |
|
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| Old airline's slimmed down? It was once |
|
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| It was, poetically |
|
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| '___ not to be' |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2015 |
| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
Universal |
23 Jun 2015 |
| First word of a Carroll work |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2015 |
| Quaint contraction |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2015 |
| Xmas poem opener |
New York Times |
24 Mar 2015 |
| "___ the night before . . ." |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2015 |
| Poetic contraction |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2015 |
| "___ not to be" |
|
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| First word in "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| "___ the night before Christmas ..." |
|
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| First word of a Carroll work |
|
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| "___ the night before . . ." |
|
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| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" start |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" starter |
|
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| Poetic contraction |
|
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| Quaint contraction |
|
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| Xmas poem opener |
|
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| '-- the night before ...' |
|
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| "__ the night before . . ." |
|
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| Start of a classic Christmas poem |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" starter |
|
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| The word before "the night before . . ." |
|
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| Christmas poem starter |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" opener |
|
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| "__ the night ..." |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" opener |
|
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| What comes before the night before Christmas? |
|
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| '-- not to be' |
|
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| The word before "the night before ..." |
|
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| Start of a classic Christmas poem |
|
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| "'___ the night before Christmas . . ." |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" opener |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" start |
|
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| Christmas poem starter |
|
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| Opening word of "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| Christmas classic opening |
|
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| Seasonal poem lead-in |
|
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| Quaint contraction |
|
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| Christmas or Carroll poem opening |
|
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| "__ the night ..." |
|
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| Old-timey contraction |
|
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| Seasonal poem lead-in |
|
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| Christmas or Carroll poem opening |
|
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| Famous yuletide poem starter |
|
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| "'___ the night before Christmas ..." |
|
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| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| Start of a classic Christmas poem |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" start |
|
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| Christmas poem opening |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" opening |
|
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| Start of a Clement Moore classic |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" beginning |
|
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| Start of a Christmas poem |
|
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| First word of Carroll's "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" starter |
|
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| "___ like a Maelstrom, with a notch" (Emily Dickinson poem) |
|
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| "___ the night before Christmas..." |
|
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| "___ nothing" |
|
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| Christmas poem opener |
|
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| Clement Moore poem opener |
|
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| Start of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
|
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| Christmas verse opener |
|
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| First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
|
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| "___ warm — at first — like Us" (Emily Dickinson) |
|
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| Christmas classic opening |
|
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| Yuletide verse beginning |
|
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| It starts "A Visit from St. Nicholas" |
|
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| Word that precedes "brillig" |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" opener |
|
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| Christmas classic opening |
|
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| Yuletide poem starter |
|
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| '-- ever thus' |
|
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| Moore opener |
|
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| First word of a famous Christmas poem |
|
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| Start of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
|
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| "___ the night before Christmas" |
|
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| Start of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
|
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| "___ the night before ..." |
|
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| "___ Love — not me": Dickinson |
|
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| "__ Christmas told the merriest tale": Scott |
|
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| "__ Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale": Scott |
|
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| "___ the night before Christmas..." |
|
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| Yuletide verse starter |
|
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| "A Visit from St. Nicholas" opener |
|
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| "__ the night before..." |
|
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| "___ brillig, and the slithy toves ..." ("Jabberwocky") |
|
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| Start of a Carroll work |
|
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| "__ brillig, and the slithy ...": Carroll |
|
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| "__ brillig, and the slithy ...": Carroll |
|
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| "Used to be," back in the day |
|
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| Start of a yule reading |
|
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| Christmas verse starter |
|
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| Start of an 8 Down poem |
|
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| "___ ever thus" |
|
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| "__ the night before ..." |
|
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| First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" start |
|
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| First word of a Carroll work |
|
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| Moore verse opener |
|
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| "__ the night before ..." |
|
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| Moore poem starter |
|
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| "___ brillig . . ." |
|
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| "___ the night before ..." |
|
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| Start of a Clement Clarke Moore poem |
|
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| "___ brillig ..." |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" opener |
|
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| "A Visit from St. Nicholas" opener |
|
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| What the night before Christmas comes after? |
|
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| Christmas poem start |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" opener |
|
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| Moore poem starter |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" start |
|
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| "___ wondrous pitiful": "Othello" |
|
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| "__ brillig ...": "Jabberwocky" opening |
|
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| "__ the night before Christmas . . ." |
|
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| "__ brillig ...": "Jabberwocky" opening |
|
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| Yuletide poem opener |
|
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| "___ the Night..." |
|
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| Christmas poem beginning |
|
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| Moore opening |
|
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| " __ brillig ... " |
|
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| "___ brillig, and the slithy toves..." |
|
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| Start of "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| Start of a Christmas classic |
|
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| First word of a Clement Moore poem |
|
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| Start of "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| Start of a Christmas classic |
|
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| "__ brillig . . ." |
|
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| Holiday poem opener |
|
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| Poetic contraction |
|
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| Christmas poem opener |
|
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| Start of a Christmas story |
|
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| Start of a Christmas classic |
|
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| Moore poem starter |
|
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| Clement Moore opener |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" opening |
|
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| Holiday poem starter |
|
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| Christmas poem lead-in |
|
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| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
|
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| "__ brillig..." |
|
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| It's in the past |
|
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| '-- brillig . . .' |
|
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| Start for a Moore poem |
|
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| "__ brillig..." |
|
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| "___ brillig ..." |
|
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| "Jabberwocky" starter |
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| "__ the night before ..." |
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| Word before "brillig" |
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| Word before "brillig" |
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| Clement C. Moore opener |
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| Christmas poem opener |
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| Christmas poem opener |
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| "Jabberwocky" start |
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| Clement Moore poem opener |
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| Christmas poem opener |
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| "__ the night before..." |
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| "__ the night..." |
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| Carroll's "___ brillig . . ." |
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| First word of a seasonal poem |
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| Christmas poem opener |
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| "___ the night ..." |
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| Poet's contraction |
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| A Clement Moore opener |
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| "___ brillig and the slithey toves . . ." |
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| "__ the night before..." |
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| "__ the night..." |
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| Start of a Christmas classic |
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| Moore verse opener |
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| Moore poem starter |
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| Moore poem opener |
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| Moore poem beginning |
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| "...___ but the wind" (Lord Byron) |
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| '-- brillig ...' |
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| "... ___ but the wind": Byron |
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| "__ brillig ..." |
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| "Jabberwocky" beginning |
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| Christmas poem opener |
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| "___ brillig ..." |
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| "___ brillig..." |
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| "Jabberwocky" starter |
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| "Jabberwocky" starter |
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| "Jabberwocky" opener |
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| "___ the night before..." |
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| "A Visit from St. Nicholas" opener |
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| "Jabberwocky" beginning |
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| "___ the night before Christmas ..." |
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| "Jabberwocky" beginning |
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| Start of a Clement Moore classic |
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| First word in a story from Clement Clarke Moore |
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| Classic Christmas opener |
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| "_____ brillig and the slithy toves..." |
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| First word of a Clement Moore poem |
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| Clement Clarke Moore opener |
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| Start of a Yuletide reading |
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| "...__ but the wind": Byron |
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| "___ brillig..." |
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| Holiday poem opener |
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| "Jabberwocky" start |
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| "...__ but the wind": Byron |
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| Holiday verse starter |
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| First word of Carroll's "Jabberwocky" |
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| ___ the night before . . . |
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| Xmas poem opening |
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| Start of "Jabberwocky" |
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| "___ the night ..." |
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| "___ the night before Christmas..." |
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| "_____ the night before Christmas" |
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| "Jabberwocky" beginning |
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| "___ brillig...": Carroll |
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| "_____ the night before Christmas ..." |
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| "__ brillig..." |
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| Moore contraction |
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| "___ the night before ..." |
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| "___ brillig, and the slithy toves..." |
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| Ò___ the night . . ." |
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| "- brillig . . .": Carroll |
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| "___ brillig..." |
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| "___ the night before..." |
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| Christmas poem opener |
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| Xmas poem start |
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| Carroll opener |
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| Xmas poem opener |
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| Start of a Christmas classic |
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| Poetic contraction |
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| "___ brillig and the slithy toves..." |
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| Seasonal poem's start |
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| "A Visit From St. Nicholas" opener |
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| First word of "Jabberwocky" |
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| Word before "brillig" |
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| A poetic contraction |
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| "_____ the night before Christmas..." |
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| "___ the night before..." |
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| Clement Moore opener |
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| "Brillig" preceder |
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| Start of a yule reading |
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| Moore poem starter |
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| Start of a Clement Moore poem |
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| Word before "brillig" |
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| Start of a Christmas classic |
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| "___ the night before Christmas..." |
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| "___ brillig, and the slithy toves..." ("Jabberwocky") |
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| Clement Moore opener |
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| Start for Moore poem |
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| Jabberwocky beginning |
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| Moore starter |
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| "___the night before..." |
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| Moore opener |
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| ``___ brillig and the slithy toves..." |
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| Start of a C. Moore classic |
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| "___ the night . . . " |
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| Start of a C. Moore poem |
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| Yuletide poem opener |
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| First word of Moore's famous poem |
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| "___ the night before . . . " |
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| Clement C. Moore's opener |
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| Clement C. Moore opening |
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| "___ the night before Christmas . . . " |
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| "___ a dark and stormy . . . " |
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| Start of Clement Moore's poem |
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| Start of Moore's Yule poem |
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| Twos, in Dundee |
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| "___ brillig . . . " |
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| Yuletide rhyme opener |
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| Start of Clement Moore's famous poem |
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| Start of a well-known poem |
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| Dec. 24 word |
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| "___ brillig and the slithy . . . " |
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| First word of Moore poem |
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| First word of Xmas poem |
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| "___ grace that taught my heart to fear" ("Amazing Grace") |
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| Poetic word that begins with an apostrophe |
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| Start of a Xmas poem. |
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| Start of Clement Moore's poem. |
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| Common verbal contraction. |
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| First word of "Jabberwocky." |
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| Before "the night before Christmas" |
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| "___ Love--not me" (Emily Dickinson poem) |
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| Poetic contraction. |
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| Start of Clement Moore poem |
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| "Used to be," back in the day |
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| "Jabberwocky" opener |
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| "___ the Night Before Christmas." |
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| First word of Clement Moore's poem. |
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