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9/18/14

FLUMMOX

FLUMMOX

Flum-mux

Baffle; puzzle; mystify;

Causing confusion or bewilderment.

The puzzles flummox me and I cannot solve them.


I can always flummox the boy by doing the coin-from-the-ear magic trick.

Flum - m - ox

Flum (Reminds) Flub or mess up

Ox (Reminds) Ox or dumb animal

Flub something like a dumb ox.

FLUB OX



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