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Shorten and halve (Posted on 2005-09-21)

A six letter word, that when you take out its last letter, becomes half of its meaning. What word is it?

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Take a five letter noun and add an 's'.
e.g. Things (2) reduces to thing (1)

Posted by Bob Smith on 2005-09-21 14:24:29

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