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The Name Game or What to Call Our Cottage

A Cape Cod Notebook from WCAI by CAI

Jul 14, 20264:12Government & Organizations

From "Happy as a Clam" to "Squeezed Inn," a Cape Cod cottage-naming saga full of bad puns, a 92-year-old sign-maker's wisdom, and the realization that some things resist a name.

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