Words that begin with, "Con"
This building material is made by mixing gravel, sand, cement, and water.
Concrete
Before Amazon, families flipped through this massive, heavy Christmas catalog from a famous department store to circle the toys they wanted.
Sears Wish Book
This small metal or plastic cap protects your finger when pushing a needle through thick fabric.
Thimble
FDR assured the nation in 1933 that "the only thing we have to fear is" this.
Fear itself
This traditional two-player board-and-card game uses a wooden track and pegs, where scoring 15-two is a daily ritual.
Cribbage
An Official or formal agreement between 2 or more parties
Contract
Before online banking, people spent Sunday nights balancing this paper booklet to ensure their checking account math was correct.
Checkbook or ledger
This tiny hand-held tool with a curved blade is used to undo stitches.
Seem ripper
Dorothy declared, "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in" this Midwestern state anymore
Kansas
Invented by a Canadian couple on a yacht in 1954, this classic dice-and-cup game was originally called "The Yacht Game" before a major toy company bought the rights and renamed it.
Yahtzee
It is the dynamic leader or director of an orchestra or choir.
Conductor
To find out what was on television tonight, you didn't press a guide button; you flipped through this tiny, weekly digest magazine bought at the grocery checkout, or delivered with the weekly newspaper.
TV Guide
Wound flat and small, this tiny companion to the main spool fits inside the bottom of a sewing machine.
Bobbin
Patrick Henry demanded liberty, or else this alternative.
Death
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
This four-player trick-taking game popular in Quebec kitchens uses a standard deck stripped down to 32 cards, removing ranks 2 through 6.
La Belote Or Quebec Rummy
It is the internal sense of right and wrong that guides your behavior.
Conscience
Before digital calendars and contact sync, people kept track of addresses and phone numbers on this rotating desktop wheel of index cards.
Rolodex
This stiff fabric layer is ironed or sewn inside collars and cuffs to add structure and support.
interfacing
The tagline for the 1970 film Love Story reminds us that "Love means never having to say you're" this.
Sorry
"Love means never having to say you're sorry"
This popular card game requires players to form "melds" of clean or dirty runs and sets, traditionally using two decks of cards including the jokers.
Canasta
This noun refers to an expert or judge in matters of taste, fine art, or fine dining.
connoisseur
This 3-letter card catalog system helped library patrons find books using a chest of small wooden drawers.
Dewey Decimal System
This term describes the diagonal direction of a woven fabric, which allows for maximum stretch and a beautiful drape.
Bias
Walter Cronkite signed off every CBS Evening News broadcast with this four-word phrase.
"And that's the way it is"
This specific 19th-century trick-taking game, a direct ancestor to Bridge, was famously played by early Canadian settlers and is named after the sound made to demand silence at the table.
Whist
This classical musical performance features a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra.
Concerto
Long before eVites and group chats, housewives organized neighborhood get-togethers using this system of chain telephone calls where each person rings the next.
A telephone tree or phone tree
Named for a tiny bird's foot, this texture-rich decorative stitch is often used to reinforce the stress points of a tailored jacket.
Crow's foot or crow's foot tack
The legendary line, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night," was spoken by her in All About Eve.
Bette Davis
his three-player trick-taking classic, historically popular among Prairie seniors of German heritage, involves bidding for a hidden 3-card "widow" pile.
Schafkopf (or Sheepshead)