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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Words on Wednesday: Thanksgiving Words, etc.

Thanksgiving from Thesaurus.com.

Thanksgiving from Dictionary.com.

Thanksgiving word origins.

Thanksgiving references on Wikipedia.

Thanksgiving quotes.
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I'm a single, sometimes poet with great friends, great family, and plenty of laughter in my life. I love children's literature and puzzles and language and poetry.
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