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A.Word.A.Day--clamber
clamber (KLAMB-uhr, KLAM-uhr) verb intr. To climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; scramble. noun A difficult, awkward climb. [Middle English clambren, probably frequentative of climben, to climb.] "This spot probably looked better from the outside, before she clambered in to give birth." Kenneth White, For Mother's Day, Give a Foster Home to a Kitten, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 1999. This week's theme: verbs.
X-BonusWear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket, and do not pull it out and strike it merely to show you have one. If you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman. -Lord Chesterfield
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