There was an Scotsman, an Englishman and Claudia Schiffer sitting together in a carriage in a train going through Wales. Suddenly the train went through a tunnel and as it was an old style train,there were no lights in the carriages and it went completely dark. Then there was this kissing noise and the sound of a really loud slap. When the train came out of the tunnel, Claudia Schiffer and the Scotsman were sitting as if nothing had happened and the Englishman had his hand against his face as he had been slapped.
The Englishman was thinking: ‘The Scottish fella must have kissed Claudia Schiffer and she missed him and slapped me instead.’ Claudia Schiffer was thinking: ‘The English fella must have tried to kiss me and actually kissed the Scotsman and got slapped for it.’ And the Scotsman was thinking: ‘This is great. The next time the train goes through a tunnel I’ll make that kissing noise and slap that English btard again.
n. (pl. Same) freshwater fish often bred for food. [provençal or latin]
- v. Find fault; complain pettily. carper n. [old norse, = brag]
- v. Find fault; complain pettily. carper n. [old norse, = brag]
CART
—n. - open usu. Horse-drawn vehicle for carrying loads.
- light vehicle for pulling by hand. —v. - convey in a cart.
- slang carry or convey with effort. put the cart before the horse reverse the proper order or procedure. [old norse]
CASE
history n. Record of a person's life or medical history for use in professional treatment.
- n. - instance of something occurring.
- hypothetical or actual situation.
- a person's illness, circumstances, etc., as regarded by a doctor, social worker, etc. B such a person.
- matter under esp. Police investigation.
- suit at law.
- a sum of the arguments on one side, esp. In a lawsuit. B set of arguments (have a good case). C valid set of arguments (have no case).
- gram. A relation of a word to other words in a sentence. B form of a noun, adjective, or pronoun expressing this.
- colloq. Comical person. in any case whatever the truth is; whatever may happen. In case 1 in the event that; if.
- lest; in provision against a possibility (took it in case). In case of in the event of. Is (or is not) the case is (or is not) so. [latin casus from cado fall]
- —n. - container or enclosing covering.
- this with its contents.
- protective outer covering.
- item of luggage, esp. A suitcase. —v. (-sing) 1 enclose in a case.
- (foll. By with) surround.
- slang reconnoitre (a house etc.) Before burgling it. [latin capsa box]
CASH
and carry n. - system (esp. In wholesaling) of cash payment for goods taken away by the purchaser.
- store where this operates.
- crop n. Crop produced for sale.
- desk n. Counter etc. Where payment is made in a shop.
- dispenser n. Automatic machine for the withdrawal of cash, esp. With a cashcard.
- flow n. Movement of money into and out of a business.
- on delivery n. Payment for goods when they are delivered.
- register n. Till recording sales, totalling receipts, etc.
- —n. - money in coins or notes.
- (also cash down) full payment at the time of purchase.
- colloq. Wealth. —v. Give or obtain cash for (a note, cheque, etc.). cash in 1 obtain cash for.
- colloq. (usu. Foll. By on) profit (from); take advantage (of). Cash up count and check the day's takings. [latin: related to *case2]
CASK
n. - barrel, esp. For alcohol.
- its contents. [french casque or spanish casco helmet]
CAST
iron n. Hard alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon cast in a mould.
- —v. (past and past part. Cast) 1 throw, esp. Deliberately or forcefully.
- (often foll. By on, over) a direct or cause (one's eyes, a glance, light, a shadow, a spell, etc.) To fall. B express (doubts, aspersions, etc.).
- throw out (a fishing-line etc.) Into the water.
- let down (an anchor etc.).
- a throw off, get rid of. B shed or lose (horns, skin, a horseshoe, etc.).
- register (a vote).
- a shape (molten metal etc.) In a mould. B make thus.
- a (usu. Foll. By as) assign (an actor) to a role. B allocate roles in (a play etc.).
- (foll. By in, into) arrange (facts etc.) In a specified form. 10 reckon, add up (accounts or figures). 11 calculate (a horoscope). —n. - throwing of a missile, dice, line, net, etc.
- a object made in a mould. B moulded mass of solidified material, esp. Plaster for a broken limb.
- actors in a play etc.
- form, type, or quality.
- tinge or shade of colour.
- slight squint.
- worm-cast. cast about (or around) search. Cast adrift leave to drift. Cast aside abandon. Cast loose detach (oneself). Cast lots see *lot. Cast off 1 abandon.
- finish a piece of knitting.
- set a ship free from a quay etc. Cast on make the first row of a piece of knitting. Cast up 1 deposit on the shore.
- add up (figures etc.). [old norse]
CATA
prefix 1 down.
- wrongly. [greek]
CATS
cradle n. Child's game of forming patterns from a loop of string.
CAUL
n. - membrane enclosing a foetus.
- part of this occasionally found on a child's head at birth. [french]
CAVE
—n. Large hollow in the side of a cliff, hill, etc., or underground. —v. (-ving) explore caves. cave in 1 (cause to) subside or collapse.
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