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					  What is KLEENEX					 
					
					 A trademark name for tissue it began making the rounds in the 1920s as a cold cream remover 
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					  What is A BASKET					 
					
					 A woven container or the structure under a hot air balloon for the crew & equipment 
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					  What is ROBOT					 
					
					 We got this word from a 1920 play by Karel Capek about mechanical men & women 
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					  What is A PURSE					 
					
					 A handbag; it can also refer to the prize money in a boxing match 
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					  What is FASCISM					 
					
					 On the rise & entering English in the 1920s was this political movement led by Mussolini 
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					  What is A SHOE					 
					
					 Wearable term for the box from which cards are dealt for blackjack in a casino 
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					  What is ESTROGEN					 
					
					 The 8-letter name of this female sex hormone was coined in 1927 
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					  What is A VIAL (PHIAL)					 
					
					 This small glass container can begin with v or with ph 
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					  What is QWERTY					 
					
					 Right on Q this designation for a standard keyboard first developed for the typewriter came into use in 1929 
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					  What is A CISTERN					 
					
					 From the Latin for box it's an underground reservoir for collecting rainwater 
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