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Riddles (document genres)

Scope note

Puzzling questions or statements worded so as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering or discovering their hidden meaning.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000255244

Equivalent Terms used

riddle (document genre)

Created

13yrs ago

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