contrive
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So this week: Contrive an elaborate scenario that ends in a novel groaner pun on a familiar expression, title, etc.
From Washington Post
A grand attempt some Amazonian Dames Contrive whereby to glorify their names.
From Woman's Life in Colonial Days by Holliday, Carl
I To-morrow, if a harp-string, say, Is used to tie the jasmine back That overfloods my room with sweets, Contrive your Zorzi somehow meets My Zanze!
From Dramatic Romances by Browning, Robert
Contrive to let me have an interview with Madame the Countess.
From The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Stephens, Robert Neilson
"Contrive to agree with them separately," added the philosopher, "and they will end by all liking you."
From Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Murger, Henry
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