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I can be entertaining until you realize some pieces have been lost.
I know a word of letters three. Add two and fewer there will be. What is the word?
I have no head and a tail I lack but I do have arms and legs and back; I inhabit the palace the tavern the cot 'tis a beggarly residence where I am not. If a monarch were present (I tell you no fable) I still should be placed at the head of the table.
What is that you will break even when you name it?
A large oasis in the desert. Come with cash and leave with none. What am I?
It rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof. What is it?