In honor of the old Dial-a-Joke phone line, Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a game called “Blank-a-Blank,” with clues to different terms that have the letter a sandwiched between two dashes. This is part of a complete episode.
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I was very intrigued by this game. Many of the answers were French: vis à vis, bric à brac, and the cock a leeky (coq) pied à terre. I wondered if the others mentioned had French origin as well.