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drxx

10th March 2020, 09:54
The fifth one is an awkward fit but there's an entry under the entry for 'five' in chambers that helps with the 'bunch of fives' analogy.
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crates

10th March 2020, 09:58
Not that it matters for completion - but I took 1+2, 2+3, 4 and 5 as 'five'f*****s' (a synonym according to Chambers).
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drxx

10th March 2020, 09:59
...by which i mean the 'f... f......' entry (without the hyphen).
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drxx

10th March 2020, 10:08
...and the 4th category isn't 'g...' but 'a........' and the latter is also a synonym of 's...f...'.
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drxx

10th March 2020, 10:11
...which gives the 4 sysnyms as 1+2, 2+3, 4, 5 (i was wrong about the suffixes earlier on).
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crates

10th March 2020, 10:13
Drxx - We are both on the same wave-length .. due to the system delay in posting didn't see your post - Didn't mean to 'tread on your toes'...
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drxx

10th March 2020, 10:17
glad you were there too, crates!
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drxx

10th March 2020, 10:20
...and i think you put it much more succinctly!
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smithsax

10th March 2020, 11:49
Ah - so the category name for the last group is f**e f*****s not just f*****s. Happy now.
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mooncow

10th March 2020, 13:07
smithsax, ditto :-) — thanks all. And jazzlover42 for the two clues. All happy.
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