Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn’t control himself during a lineup.
When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words, “Give me all your money or I’ll shoot,”
the man shouted, “That’s not what I said!”
n. Territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine.
PALIMPSEST
n. - writing-material or manuscript on which the original writing has been effaced for re-use.
- monumental brass turned and re-engraved on the reverse side. [greek palin again, psestos rubbed]
PALINDROME
n. Word or phrase reading the same backwards as forwards (e.g. Nurses run). palindromic adj. [greek palindromos running back: related to *palimpsest, drom- run]
PALLBEARER
n. Person helping to carry or escort a coffin at a funeral.
PANJANDRUM
n. - mock title for an important person.
- pompous official etc. [invented word]
PANTALOONS
n.pl. (esp. Women's) baggy trousers gathered at the ankles. [french from italian]
PANTOGRAPH
n. - instrument with jointed rods for copying a plan or drawing etc. On a different scale.
- jointed framework conveying a current to an electric vehicle from overhead wires. [from *pan-, *-graph]
PAPERCHASE
n. Cross-country run following a trail of torn-up paper.
PAPERKNIFE
n. Blunt knife for opening letters etc.
PARADIDDLE
n. Drum roll with alternate beating of sticks. [imitative]
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