Jenny's Noodle

Here's the solution to last week's NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec. 26):

Answer: Thoreau, author

NPR Sunday Puzzle for Jan. 2: Take a plural noun that ends with the letter S. Insert a space somewhere in this word, retaining the order of the letters. The result will be a two-word phrase that has the same meaning as the original word, except in the singular. What word is this?

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