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No. 1806: Dirty dozen

You are invited to incorporate the follow- ing words, in any order, into a plausible piece of prose (maximum 150 words): deciduous, fudge, costively, splurge, eclec- tic, octogenarian, nostril, adjudicate, stew, malapropos, franglais, caper. Entries to 'Competition No. 1806' by 18 November.