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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Does "The hired entertainment" mean "The entertainment that hired showbiz people"?

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President Barack Obama largely played it safe Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, directing his jokes at people across his administration, with a few jabs at Republicans. (Watch video.) The hired entertainment for the evening, comedian Wanda Sykes, saved her harshest lines for Rush Limbaugh, joking he was “was the 20th hijacker but he was just so strung out on Oxycontin, he missed his flight.”
  

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NL888 Does "The hired entertainment" mean "The entertainment that hired showbiz people"? No, it means 'the entertainer employed for the evening', Ms Sykes.

  • NL888 Does "The hired entertainment" mean "The entertainment that hired showbiz people"?
  • No, it means 'the entertainer employed for the evening', Ms Sykes.
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NL888Does "The hired entertainment" mean "The entertainment that hired showbiz people"?
No, it means 'the entertainer employed for the evening', Ms Sykes.

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