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riddle

/ˈɹɪdəl/ sustantivo C2

En español: criba, zaranda, harnero

  1. A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
  2. A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.

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De la biblioteca

“Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 51 · B2
“So I read the riddle.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 162 · C1
“Yes, yes,” replied Dantès eagerly; “I would beg of you, who see so completely to the depths of things, and to whom the greatest mystery seems but an easy riddle, to explain to me how it was that I underwent no second examination, was never brought to trial, and, above all, was condemned without ever having had sentence passed on me?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 166 · C1

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