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Why do kids “trick or treat” on Halloween?

Why do kids “trick or treat” on Halloween?

Why do we say “Bob’s your uncle?”

Why do we say “Bob’s your uncle?”

Why do we go to hell “in a handbasket”?

Why do we go to hell “in a handbasket”?

Why do we say “close but no cigar”?

Why do we say “close but no cigar”?

Who was Rube Goldberg?

Who was Rube Goldberg?