A man asked for a meal in a restaurant. The waiter brought the food and put it on the table. After a moment, the man called the waiter and said:
"Waiter! Waiter! There"s a fly in my soup!"
"Please don"t speak so loudly, sir," said the waiter, "or everyone will want one."
n. Yellow pea-like seed used as a vegetable. [latin cicer]
CHILDISH
adj. - of, like, or proper to a child.
- immature, silly. childishly adv. Childishness n.
CHILTERN
hundreds n.pl. Crown manor, whose administration is a nominal office for which an mp applies as a way of resigning from the house of commons. [chiltern hills in s. England]
CHINAMAN
n. - archaic or derog. (now usu. Offens.) Native of china.
- cricket ball bowled by a left-handed bowler that spins from off to leg.
CHINLESS
adj. Colloq. Weak or feeble in character.
- wonder n. Ineffectual esp. Upper-class person.
CHIPMUNK
n. Striped n. American ground squirrel. [algonquian]
CHITCHAT
n. Colloq. Light conversation; gossip. [reduplication of *chat]
CHIVALRY
n. - medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
- honour, courtesy, and readiness to help the weak. chivalric adj.
CHLORIDE
n. - compound of chlorine and another element or group.
- bleaching agent containing this.
CHLORINE
n. Poisonous gaseous element used for purifying water etc. [greek khloros green]
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