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Dory

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A fishing dory in Newfoundland, Canada. A ‘dory’ is a small, flat-bottomed boat peculiar to a region stretching from Long Island Sound in the US to Newfoundland, and dating back to the early eighteenth century. ‘Dory’ is also the name of a fish, zeus faber, commonly called the John Dory, St Pierre or Peter’s fish.

Dory

Make words using the letters shown in the grid. Your words should be four or more letters in length. All your words must include the highlighted letter in the centre. Tap on any letter to use it for your word.

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