While sports fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim, but his fear of alligators kept him clinging to the overturned craft.
Spotting and old beachcomber standing on the shore, the tourist shouted,
"Are there any gators around here?!"
"Naw," the man hollered back, "they ain"t been around for years!"
Feeling safe, the tourist started swimming leisurely toward the shore.
About halfway there he asked the guy,
"How"d you get rid of the gators?"
"We didn"t do nothin"," the beachcomber said. "The sharks got "em."
n. - former government department in charge of national revenue.
- royal or national treasury.
- money of a private individual or group. [medieval latin scaccarium chessboard]
EXCITABLE
adj. Easily excited. excitability n. Excitably adv.
EXCLUSIVE
—adj. - excluding other things.
- (predic.; foll. By of) not including; except for.
- tending to exclude others, esp. Socially.
- high-class.
- not obtainable elsewhere or not published elsewhere. —n. Article etc. Published by only one newspaper etc. exclusively adv. Exclusiveness n. Exclusivity n. [medieval latin: related to *exclude]
EXCORIATE
v. (-ting) 1 a remove skin from (a person etc.) By abrasion. B strip off (skin).
- censure severely. excoriation n. [latin corium hide]
EXCREMENT
n. Faeces. excremental adj. [latin: related to *excrete]
EXCULPATE
v. (-ting) formal (often foll. By from) free from blame; clear of a charge. exculpation n. Exculpatory adj. [latin culpa blame]
EXCURSION
n. Journey (usu. A day-trip) to a place and back, made for pleasure. [latin excurro run out]
