riddle : Idioms & Phrases


james riddle hoffa

  • noun United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975)
    Jimmy Hoffa; Hoffa.
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riddle canon

  • noun a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)
    enigmatic canon; enigmatical canon; enigma canon.
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