A porter in a British hotel comes upon an American tourist impatiently jabbing at the button for the lift.
"Sir, the lift will be here in a moment."
"Lift? Lift?" replies the American. "Oh, you mean the elevator."
"No sir, here we call it a lift."
"Well, as it was invented in the United States, it’s called an elevator."
"Yes sir, but as the language was invented here, it’s called a lift."
n. Person who lends money at interest on the security of personal property.
PEACEMAKER
n. Person who brings about peace. peacemaking n. & adj.
PEARLDIVER
n. Person who dives for pearl-oysters.
PEASHOOTER
n. Small tube for blowing dried peas through as a toy.
PEBBLEDASH
n. Mortar with stone chippings in it as a coating for external walls.
PECCADILLO
n. (pl. -es or -s) trifling offence; venial sin. [spanish pecadillo, from latin pecco to sin (v.)]
PECULIARLY
adv. - more than usually, especially (peculiarly annoying).
- oddly.
PEDESTRIAN
crossing n. Part of a road where crossing pedestrians have right of way.
- —n. (often attrib.) Person who is walking, esp. In a town. —adj. Prosaic; dull; uninspired. pedestrianize v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing). [latin: related to *pedal]
PEDIATRICS
n.pl. (treated as sing.) (brit. Paediatrics) branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases. paediatric adj. Paediatrician n. [from *paedo-, greek iatros physician]
PEDOPHILIA
n. (brit. Paedophilia) sexual attraction felt towards children.
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