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Where did you grow up: Portland, OR
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
creek
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
shopping cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
lunch box
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
couch (although sofa is starting to creep in occasionally)
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
porch
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
pop
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
I know this means the sub/hero/hoagie sort of sandwich, but I don't have a default term.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
swim trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
tennis shoes (or tennies)
13. Putting a room in order.
picking up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
firefly, I guess. We don't have them in Oregon.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
potato bug
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down.
teeter totter
17. How do you eat your pizza?
in hands, pointy end to crust. I might fold it a little to make it more manageable to hold, but I don't bite into it folded over
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
garage sale
19. What's the evening meal?
dinner
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
basement
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
drinking fountain