Little Johnny and his family lived in the country, and as a result seldom had guests. He was eager to help his mother after his father appeared with two dinner guests from the office. When the dinner was nearly over, Little Johnny went to the kitchen and proudly carried in the first piece of apple pie, giving it to his father who passed it to a guest.
Little Johnny came in with a second piece of pie and gave it to his father, who again gave it to a guest.
This was too much for Little Johnny, who said, "It"s no use, Dad. The pieces are all the same size."
mus. —adj. Very soft. —adv. Very softly. —n. (pl. -s or -mi) very soft playing or passage. [italian, superlative of *piano2]
PIANOFORTE
n. Formal or archaic = *piano1. [italian, earlier piano e forte soft and loud]
PICARESQUE
adj. (of a style of fiction) dealing with the episodic adventures of rogues etc. [spanish pícaro rogue]
PICCALILLI
n. (pl. -s) pickle of chopped vegetables, mustard, and hot spices. [origin unknown]
PICCANINNY
n. (us pickaninny) (pl. -ies) often offens. Small black or australian aboriginal child. [west indian negro from spanish pequeño or portuguese pequeno little]
PICKANINNY
n. (brit. Piccaninny) (pl. -ies) often offens. Small black or australian aboriginal child. [west indian negro from spanish pequeño or portuguese pequeno little]
PICKPOCKET
n. Person who steals from people's pockets.
PICTOGRAPH
n. (also pictogram) 1 pictorial symbol for a word or phrase.
- pictorial representation of statistics etc. pictographic adj. [latin pingo pict- paint]
PIEDATERRE
n. (pl. Pieds-à-terre pronunc. Same) (usu. Small) flat, house, etc. Kept for occasional use. [french, literally ‘foot to earth’]
PIGEONHOLE
—n. Each of a set of compartments on a wall etc. For papers, letters, etc. —v. - assign to a preconceived category.
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