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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsCrossword confusion: "Two-in-a-row situation"
That was the clue.
The answer was: RHUBARB
Can someone explain??
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Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Beartracks
(12,821 posts)I still don't see a connection...
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Beartracks
(12,821 posts)So NOW the clue makes sense. Thanks for your input!
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Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Once i get them. Notice i didnt say which word had the alternative definition. I did get reminded how to pronounce row.
Two in was great misdirection. What crossword was this?
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)I get it thru a crossword puzzle app on my Kindle.
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lapfog_1
(29,234 posts)"Rhubarb" as slang for a fight was popularized by broadcaster Red Barber, the voice of the Cincinatti Reds, the New York Yankees, and the Brooklyn Dodgers from the 1930s through the 1960s. Barber was famous for his colorful play-by-play, with catchphrases like "tearin' up the pea patch" (used to describe a team on a roll) and "tighter than a pair of new shoes on a rainy day" (meaning a close game). Another of his famously quaint colloquialisms was "rhubarb," which he first used in 1943 to describe a heated dispute on the field.
OTOH, Rhubarb does make a nice pie filling... or topping for a scoop of ice cream
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)sorcrow
(421 posts)A rhubarb is slang for an altercation as others have said, and pronounce "row" to rhyme with how not hoe.
Regards,
Crow
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)Thx.
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global1
(25,285 posts)Two in a (row) or fight.
Thx.
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edbermac
(15,948 posts)Rhymes with wow.
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)Thx.
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PennyK
(2,302 posts)I admit, I'm a reader, and crossword solver. But I would think this definition is not that archaic.
Wounded Bear
(58,755 posts)TeamPooka
(24,273 posts)Beartracks
(12,821 posts)... somewhere I've got a book of NYT crossword puzzles, and those i ALWAYS did in pencil.
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