"George, darling, what is it about me you find so attractive? Is it my personality?"
"No."
"Is it my figure?"
"No."
"Is it my charisma?"
"No."
"I give in."
"That’s it!"
bleu cookery —adj. Of the highest class. —n. Cook of this class. [french]
- sanitaire n. - guarded line between infected and uninfected districts.
- measure designed to prevent the spread of undesirable influences.
- —n. - line or circle of police, soldiers, guards, etc., esp. Preventing access.
- ornamental cord or braid.
- fruit-tree trained to grow as a single stem. —v. (often foll. By off) enclose or separate with a cordon of police etc. [italian and french: related to *cord]
CORKED
adj. - stopped with a cork.
- (of wine) spoilt by a decayed cork.
CORKER
n. Slang excellent person or thing.
CORNEA
n. Transparent circular part of the front of the eyeball. corneal adj. [medieval latin: related to *corn2]
CORNED
adj. (esp. Of beef) preserved in salt or brine. [from *corn1]
CORNER
—n. - place where converging sides or edges meet.
- projecting angle, esp. Where two streets meet.
- internal space or recess formed by the meeting of two sides, esp. Of a room.
- difficult position, esp. One with no escape.
- secluded place.
- region or quarter, esp. A remote one.
- action or result of buying or controlling the whole stock of a commodity.
- boxing & wrestling corner of the ring where a contestant rests between rounds.
- football & hockey free kick or hit from the corner of a pitch. —v. - force into a difficult or inescapable position.
- establish a corner in (a commodity).
- (esp. Of or in a vehicle) go round a corner. [latin: related to *corn2]
CORNET
n. - brass instrument resembling a trumpet but shorter and wider.
- conical wafer for holding ice-cream. cornetist n. (also cornettist). [latin cornu: related to *corn2]
CORONA
n. (pl. -nae) 1 a halo round the sun or moon. B gaseous envelope of the sun, seen as an area of light around the moon during a total solar eclipse.
- anat. Crownlike structure.
- crownlike outgrowth from the inner side of a corolla.
- glow around an electric conductor. coronal adj. [latin, = crown]
CORPSE
n. Dead body. [latin: related to *corpus]
CORPUS
n. (pl. -pora) body or collection of writings, texts, etc. [latin, = body]
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