Wednesday, January 16, 2013

rebus -- Ann and Auntie Mary

re·bus (rbs)
n. pl. re·bus·es
A representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols, often presented as a puzzle.



[From Latin rbus, ablative pl. of rs, thing; see r- in Indo-European roots.]

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Ann would probably like poems that are rebuses more than Auntie Mary does.

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