A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
"Is this her first child?" the doctor queries.
"No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!"
n. Small board on castors with a pencil, said to write spirit messages when a person's fingers rest lightly on it. [french diminutive: related to *plank]
PLANTATION
n. - estate on which cotton, tobacco, etc. Is cultivated.
- area planted with trees etc.
- hist. Colony. [latin: related to *plant]
PLASTICINE
n. Propr. Pliant material used for modelling.
PLATELAYER
n. Person employed in fixing and repairing railway rails.
PLAYFELLOW
n. Playmate.
PLAYGROUND
n. Outdoor area for children to play in.
PLAYWRIGHT
n. Person who writes plays.
PLEASANTRY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 amusing or polite remark.
- humorous speech.
- jocularity.
PLEBISCITE
n. Referendum. [latin plebiscitum: related to *plebeian]
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A dog"s sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew.