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Friends, Romans, Countrymen...
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mule sale
acinus
repasts
The 3 words/phrases above are anagrams of lesser known words with a common theme - if you first remove one letter from each.
The 3 removed letters will spell a word that relates to the theme.
acinus
repasts
The 3 words/phrases above are anagrams of lesser known words with a common theme - if you first remove one letter from each.
The 3 removed letters will spell a word that relates to the theme.
Answer
The title "Friends, Romans, countrymen..." is from Mark Antony's speech in Julius Caesar. The line continues with "...lend me your ears."The common theme is the EAR.
Remove an E from MULE SALE, and you have an anagram of malleus.
Remove the A from ACINUS, and you have an anagram of incus.
Remove the R from REPASTS, and you have an anagram of stapes.
The malleus, incus and stapes are the bones of the middle ear, more commonly called the hammer, anvil and stirrup.
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