stumper
Example Sentences
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Eighteen words chosen from a list containing such orthographic stumpers as "vilified," "picknicking," "Philippine," "harassed," were given to the contestants.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this lively trivia game, teams ponder such stumpers and jot down their answers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Questions involving the minor powers and personnel of the B. I. S. proved additional stumpers.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had been prepared as propaganda stumpers by people who in their way were as skilled in public relations as the producers of this show.
From Long Ago, Far Away by Leinster, Murray
The axe men are divided into two squads, the axe men or stumpers who cut down trees, and the trimmers who trim the trunks and large branches.
From The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy by Flickinger, Robert Elliott
