Painterly folded handwritten note, pencil and small trophy cup on faded yellow-green.

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Doc Holliday

I know, let's have a spelling contest.

— Tombstone  ·  1993

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker suddenly proposes a spelling contest, offering it as a bright idea; the tone could be earnest or wry.

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