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No. 1969: Dirty dozen

You are invited to incorporate the follow- ing words, in any order, into an entertain- ing piece of prose: eponymous, jamboree, tiptoe, greaseproof, exponentially, smut, gopher, uppity, glitch, starkers, oboe, india- rubber. Maximum 150 words. Entries to `Competition No. 1969' by 6 February.