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Topic :

Detective Stories

Full Phrase :

The first known use of the phrase “detective story” was in 1883 in the title of a crime story by the American author Anna Katharine Green

Level Phrase

THE FIRST KNOWN USE OF THE PHRASE “DETECTIVE STORY” WAS IN 1883 IN THE TITLE OF A CRIME STORY BY THE AMERICAN AUTHOR ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

Questions & Answers

Two-masted square-rigged ship

BRIG

Helium is an inert ___

GAS

Domestic chicken; pea___

FOWL

Person who observes feathered animals as a hobby

BIRDWATCHER

Better ___ next time!

LUCK

___ over the coals

RAKE

Opposite of incandescent

LUMINESCENT

Most flowers bloom in ___

SPRING

Pertaining to birds (adj.)

AVIAN

Cautious, wary, suspiciously reluctant

CHARY

Common tool with a cross-shaped tip and a handle

SCREWDRIVER

Landform; stones and sediment deposited by a glacier

MORAINE

Grouping or class with a common attribute

CATEGORY

Seize, impound, expropriate

CONFISCATE

Electronic instrument for displaying waveform signals

OSCILLOSCOPE

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