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Can you name the words or phrases which sound like something other than what they mean?

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It sounds like...Word or PhraseBut it's really...
A canine's canineA fabric pattern
Lunar lightIllegal spirits
Someone who sells chess piecesSomeone who makes short terms loans with miscellaneous collateral
Something that produces dried grassA kind of punch
A portion of fishAn jockstrap from the Middle Ages or Renaissance
An ocular ulcerSomething ugly
Someone who Bambi has a restraining order againstA kind of hat Sherlock Holmes often wears
An amphibian's seatA mushroom
Mollusk excavatorsA kind of pants
Making dinner out of literatureAccounting fraud
A crimson fishA false clue
A Caucasian from the CaucusesA cocktail
The Great Wall of ChinaThe mechanism for separating people and information in a company to prevent insider trading
A casing for an explosiveA sex symbol
Sugary baked goodsEndocrine organs
Somewhere cattle are keptPart of a baseball stadium
A place where birds get drunkA prying tool
Something that would open the doors to St. PetersA bottle opener
A vulpine dwellingA defensive fighting position
Part of a fish skeletonA stitching patern
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Created Jul 3, 2012ReportNominate
Tags:Definition Quiz, idiom, slang

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