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rony

26th April 2010, 15:04
geography's about maps - could what history's about be in this pedlar's offering? 8 letters (third letter "a" seventh letter "o")
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dizzy

26th April 2010, 15:56
A Chapbook is a pedlar's offering but i don't get the rest of the clue.
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dizzy

26th April 2010, 15:58
(n.) Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.

(This definition is from the 1913 Webster's Dictionary and may be outdated.)
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ixion

26th April 2010, 16:23
his-story
chap-book I suppose - preamble a misdirection
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graham

26th April 2010, 16:25
'geography's about maps, history's about chaps' or so I was taught.
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ixion

26th April 2010, 16:27
actaully - I vaguely remember a quote - geography's about maps - history's about chaps - or have I just invented this?
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ixion

26th April 2010, 16:28
lol - too slow again!
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dizzy

26th April 2010, 16:36
I never heard this phrase before - apparently said by Historians to belittle Geographers - it certainly explains the clue though.
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rony

26th April 2010, 17:34
thanks to all of you. "chapbook" seems to fit
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