{"id":2762,"date":"2011-06-15T05:38:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T11:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2011-06-14T20:43:43","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T02:43:43","slug":"word-follies-of-1914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2762","title":{"rendered":"Word Follies of 1914"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a multiple-choice<\/strong> test. A “gunsel<\/strong>” is<\/p>\n

a. An attractive young woman<\/p>\n

b. A novice criminal armed with a gun<\/p>\n

c. A young homosexual man<\/p>\n

d. An experienced Jewish hit man<\/p>\n

Answer here<\/a>. (Some mystery writers get this one wrong.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a multiple-choice test. A “gunsel” is a. An attractive young woman b. A novice criminal armed with a gun c. A young homosexual man d. An experienced Jewish hit man Answer here. 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