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What could transport adept dealers round Mississippi primarily?

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paddlesteamer

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'transport adept dealers round mississippi primarily?' is the wordplay.
'transport' indicates anagramming the letters (each letter must be moved or 'transported').
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'primarily?' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'primarily' mean this).
The initial letter of 'mississippi' is 'm'.
'adept'+'dealers'='adeptdealers'
'adeptdealers' is an anagram of 'paddlesteaer'.
'paddlesteaer' enclosing 'm' is 'PADDLESTEAMER'.

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(Other definitions for paddlesteamer that I've seen before include "Wheel-driven vessel" , "River boat, probably" , "Ship propelled by bladed wheels" , "Boat driven by wheels" , "River boat, for example" .)

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