"We"re going to play elephants and circuses," - said a little boy at kindergarten, "Do you want to join in?"
"I"d love to," - replied the teacher. "What do you want me to do?"
"You can be the lady that feeds us peanuts!"
n. Trimmed tree-trunk tossed as a sport in the scottish highlands. [gaelic]
CABIN
cruiser n. Large motor boat with accommodation.
- n. - small shelter or house, esp. Of wood.
- room or compartment in an aircraft or ship for passengers or crew.
- driver's cab. [french from latin]
CABLE
television n. Television transmission by cable to subscribers.
- —n. - encased group of insulated wires for transmitting electricity etc.
- thick rope of wire or hemp.
- cablegram.
- (in full cable stitch) knitting stitch resembling twisted rope. —v. (-ling) transmit (a message) or inform (a person) by cablegram. [latin caplum halter, from arabic]
CACAO
n. (pl. -s) 1 seed from which cocoa and chocolate are made.
- tree bearing these. [spanish from nahuatl]
CACHE
—n. - hiding-place for treasure, stores, guns, etc.
- things so hidden. —v. (-ching) put in a cache. [french cacher hide]
CADDY
n. (pl. -ies) small container for tea. [malay]
- var. Of *caddie.
CADET
n. Young trainee for the armed services or police force. cadetship n. [french, ultimately from latin caput head]
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