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."
—n. - incorrect idea or opinion; thing incorrectly done or thought.
- error of judgement. —v. (-king; past mistook; past part. Mistaken) 1 misunderstand the meaning of.
- (foll. By for) wrongly take or identify (mistook me for you).
- choose wrongly (mistake one's vocation). [old norse: related to *mis-1, *take]
MISTIME
v. (-ming) say or do at the wrong time. [related to *mis-1]
MISTOOK
past of *mistake.
MISTRAL
n. Cold n or nw wind in s. France. [latin: related to *master]
MITOSIS
n. Biol. Type of cell division that results in two nuclei each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus. mitotic adj. [greek mitos thread]
MIXEDUP
adj. Colloq. Mentally or emotionally confused; socially ill-adjusted.
MIXTURE
n. - process or result of mixing.
- combination of ingredients, qualities, characteristics, etc. [latin: related to *mixed]
MOBSTER
n. Slang gangster.
MOCKERY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 derision, ridicule.
- counterfeit or absurdly inadequate representation.
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