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GAM
(gam)
1.
Slang term for a person’s leg 2. A herd of whales Common
clues: Pinup's
leg; Leg, slangily; Grable’s trademark; Cheesecake leg;
Piece of cheesecake?; School of whales; Herd of whales; Whale
herd Crossword
puzzle frequency:
3 times a year Video: It
Happened One Night
Viewing
"It Happened One Night" today, one reacts the same way
audiences did in 1934, guffawing loudly throughout and sighing
with contentment at the happy ending. The Depression-era movie is
funny and full of hope. And the justly famous hitchhiking scene,
in which Colbert proves to Gable that a shapely gam
is mightier than a north-pointing thumb, is still a model of
comic economy and character development. Colbert's uptight
heiress learns to loosen up, and Gable's know-it-all newspaper
man realizes that he can still learn a few tricks.
***
A
collection of whales is called a gam. Other names for a
collection of whales: herd, pod, troup, mob, run, school, grind,
float, and shoal.
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