alant
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Without looking up Wikipedia, what was the origin of this term?
Pub quiz question SWMBO was at.
Pub quiz question SWMBO was at.
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sarabande
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"bin" (as in a storage bin), elided with "habitaculum" (L. small wooden house)
No Wki was used in the making of this outrageous guess.
No Wki was used in the making of this outrageous guess.
jamesjermain
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Bi as in two and nackle as in balls (large iron ones tocompensate for magnetic deviation). Now I'm going to look up the real answer.
jamesjermain
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Cooo...! I'm impressed
alant
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"bin" (as in a storage bin), elided with "habitaculum" (L. small wooden house)
No Wki was used in the making of this outrageous guess.
Sneaky barsteward!
