It was World War II, and the captain was attempting to rally the GIs on the eve of a big offensive.
"Out there," said the captain, "is your enemy. The man who has made your life miserable, who is working to destroy you; the man who has been trying to kill you day after day throughout this war."
Private Johnson jumped to his feet. "My God! The cook’s working for the Germans!"
n. - metrical composition, usu. Concerned with feeling or imaginative description.
- elevated composition in verse or prose.
- something with poetic qualities (a poem in stone). [greek poieo make]
POET
laureate n. (pl. Poets laureate) poet appointed to write poems for state occasions.
- n. (fem. Poetess) 1 writer of poems.
- highly imaginative or expressive person. [greek poietes: related to *poem]
POGO
n. (pl. -s) (also pogo stick) stiltlike toy with a spring, used for jumping about on. [origin uncertain]
POKE
—v. (-king) 1 a thrust or push with the hand, a stick, etc. B (foll. By out, up, etc.) Be thrust forward, protrude.
- (foll. By at etc.) Make thrusts.
- thrust the end of a finger etc. Against.
- (foll. By in) produce (a hole etc. In a thing) by poking.
- stir (a fire) with a poker.
- a (often foll. By about, around) potter. B (foll. By about, into) pry; search.
- coarse slang have sexual intercourse with. —n. - act of poking.
- thrust, nudge. poke fun at ridicule. Poke one's nose into colloq. Pry or intrude into. [german or dutch]
- n. Dial. Bag, sack. buy a pig in a poke see *pig. [french dial.]
POKY
adj. (-ier, -iest) (of a room etc.) Small and cramped. pokiness n. [from *poke1]
POLE
n. - native or national of poland.
- person of polish descent. [german from polish]
- star n. - star in the little bear, near the north pole in the sky.
- thing serving as a guide.
- n. - long slender rounded piece of wood, metal, etc., esp. With the end placed in the ground as a support etc.
- = *perch1 3. up the pole slang 1 crazy.
- in difficulty. [latin palus stake]
- n. - (in full north pole, south pole) a each of the two points in the celestial sphere about which the stars appear to revolve. B each of the ends of the axis of rotation of the earth (north pole; south pole).
- each of the two opposite points on the surface of a magnet at which magnetic forces are strongest.
- each of two terminals (positive and negative) of an electric cell or battery etc.
- each of two opposed principles. be poles apart differ greatly. [greek, = axis]
POLL
tax n. - informal = *community charge.
- hist. Tax levied on every adult.
- —n. - a (often in pl.) Voting or the counting of votes at an election (go to the polls). B result of voting or number of votes recorded.
- = *opinion poll.
- human head. —v. - a take the vote or votes of. B receive (so many votes). C give (a vote).
- record the opinion of (a person or group) in an opinion poll.
- cut off the top of (a tree or plant), esp. Make a pollard of.
- (esp. As polled adj.) Cut the horns off (cattle). [perhaps from low german or dutch]
POLO
n. Game like hockey played on horseback with a long-handled mallet. [balti, = ball]
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