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Word: hickyacket (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1982-1982
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...hybrid: part book, part toy. In The Dwindling Party (Random House; $8.95), Edward Gorey's gothic farce matches the designs of his kidnaping bats and boat-swallowing moats. The very young may not get some of the puns at Hickyacket Hall, but the MacFizzet family, who disappear when the readers pull various tabs, provide hours of amusement even for children who have not yet worked their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Short Shelf of Tall Tales | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

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