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PLIMSOLL LINE
PRONUNCIATION: (PLIM-suhl/sohl lyn)
MEANING: noun:
1. Any of various horizontal lines on the side of a ship indicating the depth to which it may be immersed under various conditions.
2. A threshold or limit.
ETYMOLOGY: After Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898), British MP, whose efforts led to the regulation of the shipping industry. Earliest documented use: 1877.
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PLIMSOLL PINE - an evergreen tree cultivar developed by Everett Plimsoll, Samuel's son; esthetically shaped and very popular around Christmastime
PLIM'S OiL LINE - a new brand of petroleum products, marketed for commercial and consumer use
PLIMSOLL MINE - site of a discovery in the California Rockies in 1847 that ultimately led to the Gold Rush of 1849
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CAVIL
PRONUNCIATION: (KAV-uhl)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To raise a trivial or frivolous objection.
noun: A trivial or frivolous objection.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French caviller (to mock or jest), from Latin cavillari (to jeer), from cavilla (jeering). Earliest documented use: verb: 1548, noun: 1570.
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ÇA VAIL - that's a ski resort in Colorado
C. AVRIL - Est-ce qu'il faut payer les Taxes d'Income pendant: A. Janvier; B. Mai; C. Avril; D.Septembre?
CAVE IL - the 49th in a series of connected grottoes
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SHIRTFRONT
PRONUNCIATION: (SHUHRT-fruhnt)
MEANING: noun: 1. The front of a shirt.
2. A high, front-on collision or bump on an opponent.
3. An aggressive direct confrontation.
verb tr.: 1. To run at and collide with someone.
2. To confront someone aggressively.
ETYMOLOGY: From shirt, from Old English scyrte + front, from Old French front (forehead), from Latin frons (forehead, front). Earliest documented use: noun 1808, verb 1952.
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SHIRTFROND - an upper-body garment torn to tatters that flutter in the wind like a fern
SHIREFRONT - the first land you see entering Hobbit territory
SHIFT-FRONT - 1. the first half of one's time on duty; 2. Reverse, Neutral, and Third gears on a standard automobile transmission sequence (more commonly lly described an an "H")
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FOIN
PRONUNCIATION: (foin)
MEANING: verb intr.: To thrust with a weapon; lunge.
noun: A thrust with a weapon.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French foine (trident), from Latin fuscina (trident). Earliest documented use: verb 1400, noun: 1450.
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FOING - making unnecessary enemies
LOIN - to learn in a Brooklyn school (and not necessarily about cuts of meat, either!)
FORIN (sometimes FORN) - not domestic
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FLYSPECK
PRONUNCIATION: (FLY-spek)
MEANING: noun: 1. A small dot made by the excrement of an insect, such as a fly.
2. Something tiny or insignificant.
adj.: Tiny or insignificant.
verb tr.: 1. To mark with flyspecks.
2. To examine in minute detail, especially to nitpick.
ETYMOLOGY:
From fly + speck, from Old English fleogan + specca. Earliest documented use: noun: 1723, verb: 1850.
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FLY SPOCK - how to get the baby doctor quickly to his next destination
FLY'S PECK - a kiss from a common buzzing house pest
FLY'S PECK - businessman Jeremiah Fly tried to redefine the measurement as one-tenth part of a bushel instead of the more usual one-eighth part, but his customers objected and the measure never caught on
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TOBOGGAN
PRONUNCIATION: (tuh-BOG-uhn)
MEANING: noun: 1. A flat-bottomed sled curled up at the front.
2. A sharp decline.
verb intr.: 1. To ride a toboggan.
2. To decline rapidly.
ETYMOLOGY: From one of the languages of the Algonquian family spoken by American Indians. Perhaps from Mi’kmaq topagan (sled). Earliest documented use: 1829.
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NO BOGGAN - what you see when someone tries to take advantage of you at the Faneuil Hall market in Boston
TO LOGGAN - where you go to catch a plane after your Boston visit
"TO B" ORGAN - a musical instrument played as background during Hamlet's soliloquych a plane after your visit
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QUIDAM
PRONUNCIATION: (KWEE-dam, KWID-uhm)
MEANING: noun
1. An unknown person.
2. An unimportant person.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quidam (someone), from quis (who). Earliest documented use: 1579.
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SQUIDAM - the mother of all squids
QUI DIM - he who turns down the lights
QUI DAMN - For I the Lord am an unforgiving Lord
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RUDESBY
PRONUNCIATION: (ROODZ-bee)
MEANING: noun: A rude, boorish person.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French ruide, from Latin rudis (rough, crude). Earliest documented use: 1566.
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RUY DESBY - a chess opening from the Fouteenth Century, from which the Roy Lopez was adapted
RUN, DESBY - candidate for the title of John Updike's popular Rabbit series, discarded early
RUE DESBY - a street in the 23me Arrondissement of Paris
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