A woman entered a fruit store and said to the clerk, "I want to purchase some fruit for my sick husband."
"We have some very nice sweet cherries on sale for a dollar a box," said the clerk.
She looked them over and decided to take a box. Handing them to the clerk she added, "Have they been sprayed with poison?"
Replied the clerk, "No ma’am. You will have to purchase that at the drug store."
- homosexual. —n. Camp manner or style. —v. Behave or do in a camp way. camp it up overact; behave affectedly. campy adj. (-ier, -iest). [origin uncertain]
CANE
sugar n. Sugar from sugar-cane.
- —n. - a hollow jointed stem of giant reeds or grasses. B solid stem of slender palms.
- = *sugar cane.
- cane used for wickerwork etc.
- cane used as a walking-stick, plant support, for punishment, etc. —v. (-ning) 1 beat with a cane.
- weave cane into (a chair etc.). [greek kanna reed]
CANT
contr. Can not.
- —n. - insincere pious or moral talk.
- language peculiar to a class, profession, etc.; jargon. —v. Use cant. [probably from latin: related to *chant]
- —n. - slanting surface, bevel.
- oblique push or jerk.
- tilted position. —v. Push or pitch out of level; tilt. [low german or dutch, = edge]
CAPE
n. - sleeveless cloak.
- this worn over or as part of a longer cloak or coat. [latin cappa *cap]
- n. - headland, promontory.
- (the cape) the cape of good hope. [latin caput head]
CAPO
n. (pl. -s) device fitted across the strings of a guitar etc. To raise their pitch equally. [italian capo tasto head stop]
CAPT
Abbr. Captain.
CARB
n. Colloq. Carburettor. [abbreviation]
CARD
index n. Index with a card for each entry.
- vote n. = *block vote.
- n. - thick stiff paper or thin pasteboard.
- a piece of this for writing or printing on, esp. To send greetings, to identify a person, or to record information. B small rectangular piece of plastic used for identity etc.
- a = *playing-card. B (in pl.) Card-playing.
- (in pl.) Colloq. Tax and national insurance documents etc., held by an employer.
- programme of events at a race-meeting etc.
- colloq.
- —n. Wire brush etc. For raising a nap on cloth etc. —v. Brush or comb with a card. [latin caro card (v.)]
CARE
—n. - worry, anxiety.
- cause of this.
- serious attention; caution.
- a protection, looking after, charge. B = *child care.
- thing to be done or seen to. —v. (-ring) 1 (usu. Foll. By about, for, whether) feel concern or interest.
- (usu. Foll. By for) like, be fond of (don't care for jazz).
- (foll. By to + infin.) Wish or be willing (would you care to try?). care for provide for; look after. Care of at the address of. In care (of a child) in local authority care. Not care a damn etc. = not give a damn etc. (see *give). Take care 1 be careful.
- (foll. By to + infin.) Not fail or neglect. Take care of 1 look after.
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