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Charles Gilman wrote on Mon, Apr 2, 2012 05:49 AM UTC:
This has been harder than I thought, and a particular irony that the piece
which I have had difficulty naming is the one that is a compound of pieces
from standard games. At one stage I looked to see if the Fil of Alfil was
the start of anything. I nearly thought that I had it with Filibuster,
whose original meaning is a military or nautical adventurer, with Buster
for the FO piece. Unforunately I felt that with Bustler and Butler already
in use, Buster would be too confusing.
	Then I turned to Roget's Thesaurus and looked under weapons, and
was amazed to find something called a Minethrower listed. That would work,
I think, with Mine for the FO piece. There is, it is true, a Miner, but
that refers to mine in another sense of the word, and I do not foresee
much confusion. Before I go ahead with it, however, I would welcome any
thoughts on whether it is the best that I am likely to manage.

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