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vivandrob

1st September 2012, 15:04
15a "ask poor spaniard to unravel figure of speech". 15 letters. This relates to usage from C1st according to Wikipedia but not in modern Dictionaries
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chrisg

1st September 2012, 15:08
Paraprosdokians - I found it here
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/define/Paraprosdokian
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vivandrob

1st September 2012, 15:13
Many thanks. We were close but could not find out how to confirm.
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kiwip

16th September 2012, 00:08
Paraprosdokian - A phrase with an unexpected.
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phillip

16th September 2012, 00:10
kiwip, an unexpected what?
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