Featured Victorian Rebus Puzzle Cards - Hand Drawn

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  1. Roaring20s

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    Roaring20s, Oct 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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  2. Marote

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    #3 Vinery?
     
    Marote, Oct 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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  3. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Candle D = Candour
     
    daveydempsey, Oct 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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  4. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    That was my immediate thought but I think this is correct

    I had this thought too, but is that really a word?
     
    Bronwen, Oct 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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  5. anundverkaufen

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    RE leaved
     
    anundverkaufen, Oct 12, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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  6. daveydempsey

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    A vinery is a greenhouse, enclosure, or structure used for growing vines (especially grapevines), or alternatively a vineyard or wine-producing farm.
     
    daveydempsey, Oct 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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  7. Iconodule

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    I think it is an anthill, so w+ants= wants (or w+hill=while).
     
    Iconodule, Oct 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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  8. Marote

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    The description says "what all should be ..". You can't be candour, so Delighted makes more sense with that description.
     
    Marote, Oct 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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  9. Marote

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    upload_2026-10-13_2-57-30.png
    Visit Antiquers.com? :happy:
     
    Marote, Oct 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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  10. Roaring20s

    Roaring20s Well-Known Member

    :bag: I'm not good at this game. :wacky:
     
    Roaring20s, Oct 12, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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  11. Bronwen

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    Whoever drew that bit draws just about the way I do. When I saw what Marote had made of it, realized that's what it had to be.

    The first one could end with 'empty.' Another one where I'm not sure what I'm looking at.
     
    Bronwen, Oct 12, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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  12. Bronwen

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    Bronwen, Oct 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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    Marote, Oct 13, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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  14. Bronwen

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    Guess I'm having trouble seeing whatever is in the footed vessel as soup. But the reading is coherent & I can't think of a better one.
     
    Bronwen, Oct 13, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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  15. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Plain sailing.

    Or

    Courtship, Court something such as publicity or popularity.
     
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    daveydempsey, Oct 13, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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  16. Bronwen

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    Dash after ships? Getting desperate here. @daveydempsey What reads as 'court' to you?
     
    Bronwen, Oct 13, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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  17. Marote

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    With all the other rebuses, the solution follows the order of the drawings, so ship/clipper/sail/sailing/? will probably be the first part of the word.
    No idea what that dash between parentheses is... :confused:
    Or is it a double sided arrow? Drift away?
     
    Marote, Oct 13, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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  18. daveydempsey

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    "What most people like to do", Court friendship, Court controversy, Court publicity
     
    daveydempsey, Oct 13, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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  19. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Wow - thanks everybody!

    This is what I believe we have so far:
    1. ?
    2. penmanship
    3. vinery or relieved
    4. ambiguity
    5. miller
    6. Man wants but little here below (quote from 1766 ballad by Oliver Goldsmith)
    7. paradise
    8. pennies
    9. ?
    10. delighted
    11. arrayed
    12. ?
     
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    Bookahtoo, Oct 13, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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  20. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Twelve more:

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    Bookahtoo, Oct 13, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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