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CHALK LINE
PRONUNCIATION: (CHAWK lyn)
MEANING: noun:
1. A standard of proper behavior.
2. A line made with chalk or a similar substance.
ETYMOLOGY: From chalk, from Old English cealc, from Latin calx (lime) + line, from Old French ligne (line), from Latin linum (flax). Earliest documented use: 1450.
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CHALK PINE - a kind of fir tree with very pale wood
CHALKALINE - a writing implement that neutralizes the acid in cheap paper
CHALK LANE - a row of boxes, in a big-city sidewalk, devoted to people drawing graffiti and pictures
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RATCHET
PRONUNCIATION: (RACH-it)
MEANING: noun: 1. A mechanism consisting of a toothed wheel or bar engaged by a pawl to allow controlled movement in one direction only.
2. An incremental change, typically in one direction and irreversible.
verb tr., intr.: To move or to cause to move in small increments, especially progressively or irreversibly.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French rochet (ratchet). Earliest documented use: 1650.
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PRATCHET - author Terry doesn't have his 4-o'clock snack
BRAT, CHET? - the Hardy Boys offer their friend a treat at the local deli
RANCHET - a diminutive tourist attraction out West, with just a hut and a shed and a couple of ponies
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PARISH PUMPPRONUNCIATION: (par-ish PUHMP) MEANING: noun: A water pump shared by people within a small area. adjective: Of local, often trivial, interest or importance. ETYMOLOGY: From parish (a small area, especially one that has its own church) + pump, of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1840. ________________________________ PARISH PUMP - the Celtics center's characteristic preliminary motion with the ball toward the basket before taking his shot PARISH PIMP - companion of Tom Lehrer's Old Dope PeddlerPARISH PLUMP - the local priest is chubby
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WINDMILL
PRONUNCIATION: (WIND-mil)
MEANING: noun: 1. A machine powered by wind.
2. An imagined enemy, opponent, or threat.
verb tr., intr.: To move or to cause to move like a windmill.
ETYMOLOGY: From wind, from Old English wind + mill, from Old English mylen, from Latin mola (grindstone, mill), from molere (to grind). Earliest documented use: 1230.]
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WANDMILL - facility for making shoddy magic tools in large numbers
WINDMALL - a place sailors wish existed so they could purchase a way to deal with the doldrums
WINDMILE - how they measure the distance between here and Oz
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SWISS ARMY KNIFE
PRONUNCIATION: (swis AHR-mee nyf)
MEANING: noun:
1. A pocketknife, with multiple blades and other tools such as scissors, saw, corkscrew, can opener, etc.
2. A person or object with many diverse skills or functions.
ETYMOLOGY: From its use by Swiss Army officers. Originally produced by Karl Elsener in Switzerland in 1891. Earliest documented use: 1935.
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SWISS? OR MY KNIFE - Would you like cheese on your ham sandwich? Or a sharp utensil to cut it into smaller pieces?
SWEISS ARMY KNIFE - a competing alternative produced by Dietrich Sweiss in 1916
SWIT'S ARMY KNIFE - used by the nurse in Mobile Army Surgical Hospital 4077 for many purposes when equipment was in short supply
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