THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPING LIST
1940s AMERICA
ODD WORDS
COMING AT YOU IN 3 T
CLOTHES MAKE THE IDIOM
100

Byron is dead & Fauntleroy is fictional, but my true love has those 2 & 8 others with this title a-leaping!

What is Lords?

100

Born 1 second into the year 1946, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling was the first kid in this huge wave

What is the Baby Boom?

100

To Aussies, a loss by a sports favorite is a boilover; to us, this 5-letter word

What is an Upset?

100

We see aliens, & it means originating outside Earth's limits

What is Extraterrestrial?

100

If you're a generous person, you "would give" someone in need this, the jersey you're wearing

What is the Shirt Off Your Back?

200

I really don't wanna know where my BFF found the 8 maids a-doing this

What is Milking?

200

In 1945 Grand Rapids became the first city to do this to its drinking water, revolutionizing dental care

What is to Fluoridate? 

200

Defervescence is a decrease in this bodily measurement

What is Temperature?

200

Honeywell's mid-20th century round ones are in museums as masterworks of industrial design

What is a Thermostat?

200

Secretive plotting involves this pair of items, one a long garment & one a knife

What is Cloak & Dagger?

300

My true love went all out, getting Stewart Copeland, Clem Burke, Ginger Baker & 9 other of these musicians

What is Drummers?

300

This edifice built for the War Dept. was intended to go back to civilian use after WWII, maybe as a very big hospital

What is The Pentagon?

300

Hippodamous means relating to the training of these

What is Horses?

300


What is Attention?

300

Discussing one's private problems in front of others is "airing" this "in public"

What is Dirty Laundry?

400

Looks like the love of my life got fowl with this trio 

What are Three French Hens?

400

Numerical name of the group from the West Coast that defied the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947

Who is the Hollywood Ten?

400

Scrabble players know that aa, Hawaiian for "to burn", is a form of this substance

What is Lava?

400

For Cub Scouts, this word meaning reliable is No. 1 on the Scout law list

What is Trustworthy?

400

To make money solely for oneself & perhaps dishonestly is to "line" these

What is Your Pockets?

500

A couple of these birds that winter in central Africa? Oh, my true love, you shouldn't have! Really. I mean that

What are Turtle Doves?

500


What is the Lend-Lease Act?

500

Inunction is a synonym for this, the application of oil as consecration

What is Anointment?

500

Time to make this settlement by giving an equal amount of cash to cover any damage you caused

What is Restitution? 

500

To understand another, try "walking a mile" in these soft leather shoes

What is Moccasins?