What do Coffee, Talk, Pawn, Thrift, and Like a bull in a china have in common in LinkedIn Pinpoint #564?
Each clue ultimately points back to "Words that come before "shop"". The walkthrough below shows the specific links and supporting evidence.
Permanent answer & walkthrough (Pinpoint Today archive)
Pinpoint Answer Today asks: what links Coffee, Talk, Pawn, Thrift, and Like a bull in a china â and what story do they share? Follow the spoiler-safe hints one by one, then reveal the final connection and see how each clue fits together.
Coffee Talk Pawn Thrift â What connects Coffee, Talk, Pawn, Thrift?
LinkedIn Pinpoint #564 Answer:
Detailed breakdown continues just below - keep scrolling
Pinpoint 564 stacks #1Coffee, #2Talk, #3Pawn, #4Thrift, and #5Like a bull in a china. The clues bounce from cafés to workplace chatter, resale counters, secondhand aisles, and an English idiom. They only make sense together when you tack the same noun after each one and notice that every phrase becomes a different kind of shop.
Swapping the order looks tempting (Coffee, Talk, and Pawn), but reading "shop" before each clue keeps every phrase natural and consistent.
Synonyms and near-matches can sound plausible in isolation, yet they fail the works for every clue test. Favor everyday collocations so the LinkedIn Pinpoint answer stays fluent.
Some guesses attach "shop" in both directions or pair it with mismatched grammar. If the phrase sounds forced or needs hyphenation, it is a decoystick with the pairing that reads smoothly for every clue.
Grammar & flow: pairing the connector with Coffee, Talk, Pawn, and Thrift produces everyday English and keeps number/tense intacta strong signal that "Words that come before "shop"" is the right lens for today's LinkedIn Pinpoint answer.
Coverage check: the same connector explains every clue without exceptions. Competing ideas either break on edge cases or demand awkward hyphenations, so "Words that come before "shop"" wins on simplicity and reach.
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Confirm the shared idea
Check how every clue maps back to "Words that come before "shop"" before you lock in an answer.
Lean on the walkthrough
Coffee shop is the café on the corner, talk shop means to discuss work, a pawn shop buys and sells pledged items, a thrift shop sells second-hand goods, and 'like a bull in a china shop' is the idiom about clumsy chaos in a delicate store. Each clue supplies the word that comes before 'shop' in a common expression, so words that come before 'shop' is the connector.
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Each clue ultimately points back to "Words that come before "shop"". The walkthrough below shows the specific links and supporting evidence.
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Swapping the order looks tempting (Coffee, Talk, and Pawn), but reading "shop" before each clue keeps every phrase natural and consistent.