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TRUCKLE
PRONUNCIATION: (TRUHK-uhl)
MEANING: verb intr.: To act in a servile manner. verb tr.: To move or roll on small wheels. noun: 1. A low bed that slides under another bed. Also known as a truckle bed or a trundle bed. 2. A small wheel. 3. A small barrel-shaped cheese.
ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-French trocle (roller, pulley), from Latin trochlea (pulley), from Greek trochilea (pulley). Earliest documented use: noun: 1417, verb: 1625. ________________________
TRACKLE - a racetrack 1/8-mile around, the more common length being a quarter-mile
TRUNKLE - pertaining to the torso
TRUCKALE - commoners' cheap beverage that arrives at your pub in a tank truck rather than a bottle or even a keg
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SHELLACK or SHELLAC
PRONUNCIATION: (shuh-LAK)
MEANING: noun: A resin secreted by the lac insect and purified for use in varnishes, paints, inks, sealing waxes, phonograph records, etc. A phonograph record, especially a 78 rpm. A severe defeat or beating. verb tr.: To coat or treat with shellac. To thrash soundly. To defeat decisively, especially in a contest or game.
ETYMOLOGY: From shell + lac, translation of French laque en écailles (lac in thin plates), from Latin lac, from Arabic lac, from Persian lac, from Prakrit lakkha, from Sanskrit laksha (lac, a red dye). Lac is a resin secreted by the lac insect. Earliest documented use: noun: 1713, verb: 1876. ________________________________
SHELL DC - an enlightened Shell Oil Co offers recharging ports for electric vehicles at its fuel stations
SHE'LL ACT - what will happen when she realizes she can't sing or dance
SHELL ACE - a handy thing to have during the Merpeople's Poker Championship
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