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
My sentence is for open war: of wiles, More inexpert, I boast not: there let those Contrive who need, or when they need, not now.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 18, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
Contrive to do so when every body is silent.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 02, April 9, 1870 by Various
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 day's business, and take the resolution of the day: prosecute the present study, and breakfast.
From Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd)
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