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WORD WIZARDRY

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GUESS THE DEFINITION: Cockshut (1594) A) A single black eye. B) Asleep. C) Evening time or twilight. Answer below PHRASE EXPLAINED

Familiarit­y breeds contempt: Refers to one discoverin­g someone’s shortcomin­gs and so causing contempt; it comes from Chaucer’s Tale Of Melibee in 1386.

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