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52. Charades
are compositions, poetical or otherwise, founded upon words, each syllable of which constitutes a
noun
, the whole of each word constituting another noun of a somewhat different meaning from those supplied by its separate syllables. Words which fully answer these conditions are the best for the purposes of charades; though many other words are employed. In writing, the first syllable is termed "
My first
," the second syllable "
My second
," and the complete word "