A woman entered a fruit store and said to the clerk, "I want to purchase some fruit for my sick husband."
"We have some very nice sweet cherries on sale for a dollar a box," said the clerk.
She looked them over and decided to take a box. Handing them to the clerk she added, "Have they been sprayed with poison?"
Replied the clerk, "No ma’am. You will have to purchase that at the drug store."
- —n. - thing or force that unites or (usu. In pl.) Restrains.
- binding agreement.
- commerce certificate issued by a government or a company promising to repay borrowed money at a fixed rate of interest.
- adhesiveness.
- law deed binding a person to make payment to another.
- chem. Linkage between atoms in a molecule. —v. - hold or tie together.
- connect or reinforce with a bond.
- place (goods) in bond.
BONE
china n. Fine china made of clay mixed with bone ash.
- of contention n. Source of dispute.
- —n. - any piece of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates.
- (in pl.) A skeleton, esp. As remains. B body.
- material of bones or similar material, e.g. Ivory.
- thing made of bone.
- (in pl.) Essentials (the bones of an agreement).
- strip of stiffening in a corset etc. —v. (-ning) 1 remove the bones from.
- stiffen with bone etc. bone up (often foll. By on) colloq. Study intensively. Have a bone to pick (usu. Foll. By with) have cause for dispute (with a person). Make no bones about 1 be frank about.
- not hesitate or scruple. boneless adj. [old english]
BONK
—v. - bang, bump.
- coarse slang have sexual intercourse (with). —n. Instance of bonking (bonk on the head). [imitative]
BONY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 thin with prominent bones.
- having many bones.
- of or like bone. boniness n.
BOOB
colloq. —n. - silly mistake.
- foolish person. —v. Make a silly mistake. [shortening of *booby]
- n. Slang woman's breast. [origin uncertain]
BOOK
club n. Society in which selected books are available cheaply.
- token n. Voucher exchangeable for books.
- —n. - a written or printed work with pages bound along one side. B work intended for publication.
- bound blank sheets for notes, records, etc.
- bound set of tickets, stamps, matches, etc.
- (in pl.) Set of records or accounts.
- main division of a large literary work.
- telephone directory.
- colloq. Magazine.
- libretto, script, etc.
- record of bets. —v. - a (also absol.) Reserve (a seat etc.) In advance. B engage (an entertainer etc.).
- a take the personal details of (an offender or rule-breaker). B enter in a book or list. book in register at a hotel etc. Book up 1 buy tickets in advance.
- (as booked up) with all places reserved. Bring to book call to account. Go by the book proceed by the rules. In a person's good (or bad) books in (or out of) favour with a person. [old english]
BOOM
—n. Deep resonant sound. —v. Make or speak with a boom. [imitative]
- —n. Period of economic prosperity or activity. —v. Be suddenly prosperous. [perhaps from *boom1]
- n. - pivoted spar to which a sail is attached.
- long pole carrying a microphone, camera, etc.
- barrier across a harbour etc. [dutch, = *beam]
BOON
n. Advantage; blessing. [old norse]
- adj. Intimate, favourite (usu. Boon companion). [french bon from latin bonus good]
BOOR
n. Ill-mannered person. boorish adj. [low german or dutch]
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