het·ero·nym
Noun: one of two
or more homographs [words that are spelled the same]
that differ in pronunciation
and meaning
(such as a bass voice and bass, a fish)
First Known Use:
circa 1889
9: combine
Old Orf, I
fear, did not combine
The best of
human skills.
He didn’t
know a useful thing
Can be a
thing that kills.
And so he
stood out in the field—
Admiring
harvest time.
And then a combine mowed him down—
A painful
paradigm.
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