A college student was delivering pizza to a regular customer"s house in New York.
The guy who answered the door asked him, "What is the usual tip?"
"Well," replied the youth,"this is my first trip here, but the other guys say if I get a quarter out of you, I"ll be doing great."
"Is that so?" snorted the man. "Well, just to show them how wrong they are, here"s five dollars."
"Thanks!" replied the youth, "I"ll put this in my school fund."
"What are you studying?" asked the man.
The lad smiled and said: "Applied psychology."
n. Either of two short watches on a ship (4–6 or 6–8 p.m.).
DOLDRUMS
n.pl. (usu. Prec. By the) 1 low spirits.
- period of inactivity.
- equatorial ocean region with little or no wind. [perhaps after dull, tantrum]
DOLOMITE
n. Mineral or rock of calcium magnesium carbonate. [de dolomieu, name of a french geologist]
DOMESTIC
science n. = *home economics.
- —adj. - of the home, household, or family affairs.
- of one's own country.
- (of an animal) tamed, not wild.
- fond of home life. —n. Household servant. domestically adv. [latin domus home]
DOMICILE
—n. - dwelling-place.
- law a place of permanent residence. B residing. —v. (-ling) (usu. As domiciled adj.) (usu. Foll. By at, in) settle in a place. [latin domus home]
DOMINANT
—adj. - dominating, prevailing.
- (of an inherited characteristic) appearing in offspring even when the opposite characteristic is also inherited. —n. Mus. Fifth note of the diatonic scale of any key. dominance n. Dominantly adv.
DOMINATE
v. (-ting) 1 command, control.
- be the most influential or obvious.
- (of a high place) overlook. domination n. [latin dominor from dominus lord]
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