HardWordplay
"A dog does it, a tree wears it, and an old sailing ship is one. What is it?"
Answer
Bark
Explanation
A dog barks. A tree has bark — the outer layer of its trunk. And a bark (or barque) is a type of three-masted sailing ship. Three meanings, one word.
This is a hard riddle in the Wordplay category — Riddles that play with language, puns, and double meanings.
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