puzzlevacancy
/ˈpʌzəlˈveɪkənsi/nounVerified NewAlso in: Puzzlücke (Deutsch) · puzlacaduna (Español) · puzzlacune (Français)
The single gap left in a completed jigsaw, occupied by a piece that went somewhere else.
The puzzlevacancy opens on the last evening of the puzzle and closes the case of the missing piece, which the dog ate, the hoover ate, or the sofa keeps. The completed image stares through its one blind eye for a week before being boxed. Some households tape the gap closed and call the puzzle done, which is a lie everyone respects.
Etym. — puzzle + vacancy — the unfilled room in the finished picture.
Rel. — tablesiege · borderfirstdoctrine
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