NOUN-NOUN RHYME II

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

Each clue below can be answered with two rhyming nouns. For example, given the clue "A very angry wise man," the answer would be, "A sage in a rage."

1. A male duck in a thicket

2. A desire for a funeral song

3. A narrow opening in a jail cell

4. Words of a play found in a tomb

5. An ermine in a water-filled trench

6. A saucy, flirtatious girl on the golf course

7. A dirty mark on one who does hard, menial work

8. A pain killer for someone paralyzed below the waist

Answers:

 

1. A drake in a brake

2. An urge for a dirge

3. A chink in the clink 

4. A script in a crypt

5. A stoat in a moat

6. A minx on the links

7. A smudge on a drudge

8. An analgesic for a paraplegic