The general went out to find that none of his GIs were there. One finally ran up, panting heavily.
"Sorry, sir! I can explain, you see I had a date and it ran a little late. I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down, found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles, and now I"m here."
The general was very skeptical about this explanation but at least he was here so he let the G.I. go.
Moments later, eight more GIs came up to the general panting, he asked them why they were late.
"Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down, found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles, and now I"m here."
The general eyed them, feeling very skeptical but since he let the first guy go, he let them go, too.
A ninth GI jogged up to the general, panting heavily. "Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but..."
"Let me guess," the general interrupted, "it broke down."
"No," said the G.I., "there were so many dead horses in the road, it took forever to get around them."
n. Sealed case containing magnetic tape, film etc., ready for insertion in a tape recorder, camera, etc. [french diminutive: related to *case2]
CASTANET
n. (usu. In pl.) Each of a pair of hand-held pieces of wood etc., clicked together as an accompaniment, esp. By spanish dancers. [latin: related to *chestnut]
CASTAWAY
—n. Shipwrecked person. —adj. Shipwrecked.
CASTEISM
n. Caste system.
CASTIRON
adj. - of cast iron.
- very strong; rigid; unchallengeable.
CASTRATE
v. (-ting) 1 remove the testicles of; geld.
- deprive of vigour. castration n. [latin castro]
CASTRATO
n. (pl. -ti) hist. Castrated male soprano or alto singer. [italian: related to *castrate]
CASUALTY
department n. Part of a hospital where casualties are dealt with.
- n. (pl. -ies) 1 person killed or injured in a war or accident.
- thing lost or destroyed.
- = *casualty department.
- accident, mishap. [medieval latin: related to *casual]
CATACOMB
n. (often in pl.) Underground cemetery, esp. Roman. [french from latin]
To add to the dictionary krossvordista new word or its definition to an existing word, click on the "Add a word or definition of" fill opened form and click "to send".
Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles (jaws) into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem, and, with legs dangling, fall asleep.