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Puzzles

Scope note

Use for recreational artifacts designed as amusements or diversions by presenting constructional difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort. For word or number diversions to be solved, see under "<word and number puzzles and games>." RHDEL2

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000211207

Narrower Terms used

mechanical puzzles

Equivalent Terms used

puzzle

Created

13yrs ago

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