There once was a very rich man who wanted to take his wealth with him when he died. He prayed and prayed until the Lord gave in, but on one condition – he could only take one suitcase of his wealth.
The rich man began to worry, "What kind of currency should I take – the dollar, the pound, the euro, the yen?" He finally decided to turn everything into gold bullion.
The day came when God called him home. St. Peter told him that he couldn’t bring in his suitcase with him. The man explained that he had an agreement with God.
"That’s unusual," St. Peter said. "Mind if I take a look?"
The man opened his suitcase to reveal the shining gold bullion.
"Why in heaven would you bring pavement?" St. Peter exclaimed
n. Narrow opening or fissure, esp. In rock etc. [french: related to *crevasse]
CRICKET
n. Team game played on a grass pitch, with bowling at a wicket defended by a batting player of the other team. not cricket colloq. Unfair behaviour. cricketer n. [origin uncertain]
- n. Grasshopper-like chirping insect. [french, imitative]
CRIMSON
—adj. Of a rich deep red. —n. This colour. [ultimately from arabic: related to *kermes]
CRINKLE
—n. Wrinkle or crease. —v. (-ling) form crinkles (in). crinkly adj. [related to *cringe]
CRIPPLE
—n. Permanently lame person. —v. (-ling) 1 make a cripple of; lame.
- disable, weaken, or damage seriously (crippled by strikes). [old english]
CROCHET
—n. Needlework in which yarn is hooked to make a lacy patterned fabric. —v. (crocheted; crocheting) (also absol.) Make using crochet. [french: related to *crotchet]
CROESUS
n. Person of great wealth. [name of a king of ancient lydia]
CROFTER
n. Person who farms a croft.
CROOKED
adj. (-er, -est) 1 not straight or level; bent.
- colloq. Not straightforward; dishonest, criminal. crookedly adv. Crookedness n.
CROPPER
n. Crop-producing plant of a specified quality. come a cropper slang fall heavily; fail badly.
