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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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I hope this isn't it

| Comment 11 of 33 |

This week I received a riddle, which goes

A word I know,
six letters it contains   
subtract just one,   
and twelve is what remains.

and the answer is DOZENS. I hope j441167 didn't just take this riddle, and change it a bit, altering its spirit and answer!

Posted by Old Original Oskar! on 2005-09-23 19:39:22

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