"puzzlery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: puzzle + -ry Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|puzzle|ry}} puzzle + -ry Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} puzzlery (uncountable)
  1. Something that contains puzzles; Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-puzzlery-en-noun-7ig7qyyc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 47 53
  2. The process of solving puzzles. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-puzzlery-en-noun-ZL0wVDd5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 47 53

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          "ref": "2007, G. Legman, Rationale of the Dirty Joke: An Analysis of Sexual Humor, page 150",
          "text": "I trust that the company manufacturing this particular brand of cigarettes — the last successful holdover from the Arabian Nights names of many of the earlier American brands, such as \"Fatima,\" etc. — will not disagree that most of the 'blue' gags in impromptu magic and puzzlery that concern cigarettes center around the “Camel” brand.",
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