A tough old cowboy told his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a little gunpowder on his oatmeal every morning. The grandson did this religiously, and lived to the age of 93.
When he died he left 14 children, 28 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren… and a 15-foot hole in the wall of the crematorium.
28 n. Clause in the local government bill (and later act) banning local authorities from promoting homosexuality.
- n. - gram. Part of a sentence, including a subject and predicate.
- single statement in a treaty, law, contract, etc. clausal adj. [latin clausula: related to *close2]
CLEAVE
v. (-ving; past clove or cleft or cleaved; past part. Cloven or cleft or cleaved) literary 1 chop or break apart; split, esp. Along the grain or line of cleavage.
- make one's way through (air or water). [old english]
- v. (-ving) (foll. By to) literary stick fast; adhere. [old english]
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