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The camel has a single hump, The dromedary, two Or else the other way around I'm never sure. Are you?

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
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Hump
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Camel
Camels
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Sure
Else
Two
Around

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