The Clue
"It takes a ___ o' livin' . . . " (4 letter answer)
The Answer
HEAP
Tags
Notes
The answer HEAP is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
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Definition
HEAP as a noun:
1. (pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus) = a collection of objects laid on top of each other
2. (batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew) = (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
3. (bus, jalopy, heap) = a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus"
HEAP as a verb:
1. bestow in large quantities; "He heaped him with work"; "She heaped scorn upon him"
2. (stack, pile, heap) = arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
3. fill to overflow; "heap the platter with potatoes"