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HONKEYSHINE - white lightning
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MOONKEYSHINE - what you use to get into the still when it's locked
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MONKEYSLINE - what Curious George Flies a Kite with
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DONKEYSHINE - not often, but occasionally, domesticated donkeys do shine.
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puce
PRONUNCIATION: (pyoos)
MEANING: noun: A dark red or brownish purple color. adjective: Of this color.
ETYMOLOGY: From French puce (flea), from Latin pulex (flea). Earliest documented use: 1778. Other terms coined after the flea are flea market, a direct translation of French marché aux puces and ukulele (from Hawaiian, literally leaping flea, perhaps from the rapid motion of the fingers in playing it).
USAGE: "An increasingly puce Mr Farage complained about Britain's loss of sovereignty." The Third Man; The Economist (London, UK); Mar 29, 2014.
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PUICE - prune juice
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"...The lady who dyes a chemical yellow, or stains her grey hair puce..." -- (crossthreading to Snippets of Culture)
But back to the matter at hand -
peuce - a very low card (although sometimes wild), afflicted upon dyslexic poker players
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PUCER - an affectionate affectation for a soccer goaltender who jumps about like a flea (in Mexico he is called "bean").
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toady
PRONUNCIATION: (TOH-dee)
MEANING: noun: A person who flatters or tries to please someone to gain favor. verb intr.: To behave as a toady.
ETYMOLOGY: From shortening of toad-eater. In times past, a quack employed an assistant who ate (or pretended to eat) a poisonous toad and was supposedly cured by the quack's medicine. From there the word extended to a person who would do anything to curry favor. Earliest documented use: 1827.
USAGE: "Klein and the rest of Mission Control want a bunch of yes men and toadies." Martin Shoemaker; Murder on the Aldrin Express; Analog Science Fiction & Fact (New York); Sep 2013.
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LOADY - someone who packs or unpacks goods.
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TODDY -
(1) A mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices served hot (2) a hot lady served by sniveling male escorts who are not
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TODADY - where my heart belongs
TWOADY - how a lot of pills are taken
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