A drummer, sick of all the drummer jokes, decides to change his instrument. After some thought, he decides on the accordion.
So he goes to the music store and says to the owner, "I"d like to look at the accordions, please."
The owner gestures to a shelf in the corner and says, "All our accordions are over there."
After browsing, the drummer says, "I think I"d like the big red one in the corner."
The store owner looks at him and says, "You"re a drummer, aren"t you?"
The drummer, crestfallen, says, "How did you know?"
The store owner says, "That "big red accordion" is the radiator."
- stone etc. Base of a statue etc. put on a pedestal admire disproportionately, idolize. [italian piedestallo, = foot of stall]
PEDICURE
n. - care or treatment of the feet, esp. The toenails.
- person practising this for a living. [latin pes ped- foot, cura care]
PEDIGREE
n. - (often attrib.) Recorded line of descent (esp. A distinguished one) of a person or pure-bred animal.
- genealogical table.
- colloq. ‘life history’ of a person, thing, idea, etc. pedigreed adj. [pedegru from french pie de grue (unrecorded) crane's foot, a mark denoting succession in pedigrees]
PEDIMENT
n. Triangular part crowning the front of a building, esp. Over a portico. [from periment, perhaps a corruption of *pyramid]
PEDUNCLE
n. Stalk of a flower, fruit, or cluster, esp. A main stalk bearing a solitary flower or subordinate stalks. peduncular adj. [related to *pedometer, *-uncle]
PEEPHOLE
n. Small hole for peeping through.
PEEPSHOW
n. Small exhibition of pictures etc. Viewed through a lens or hole set into a box etc.
PEERLESS
adj. Unequalled, superb.
PEGBOARD
n. Board with small holes for pegs, used for displays, games, etc.
PELLAGRA
n. Disease with cracking of the skin and often ending in insanity. [italian pelle skin]
