While sports fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim, but his fear of alligators kept him clinging to the overturned craft.
Spotting and old beachcomber standing on the shore, the tourist shouted,
"Are there any gators around here?!"
"Naw," the man hollered back, "they ain"t been around for years!"
Feeling safe, the tourist started swimming leisurely toward the shore.
About halfway there he asked the guy,
"How"d you get rid of the gators?"
"We didn"t do nothin"," the beachcomber said. "The sharks got "em."
n. Maintaining of prices at a certain level by agreement between competing sellers.
PRIZEGIVING
n. Awarding of prizes, esp. Formally at a school etc.
PRIZEWINNER
n. Winner of a prize. prizewinning attrib. Adj.
PROBABILITY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 being probable.
- likelihood of something happening.
- probable or most probable event.
- math. Extent to which an event is likely to occur, measured by the ratio of the favourable cases to the total number of possible cases. in all probability most probably.
PROBATIONER
n. Person on probation.
PROBLEMATIC
adj. (also problematical) attended by difficulty; doubtful or questionable. problematically adv. [greek: related to *problem]
PROCRUSTEAN
adj. Seeking to enforce uniformity ruthlessly or violently. [greek prokroustes, name of a robber who fitted his victims to a bed by stretching them or cutting bits off them]
PROCURATION
n. - formal act of procuring.
- function or authorized action of an attorney. [latin: related to *procure]
PROFITEROLE
n. Small hollow choux bun, usu. Filled with cream and covered with chocolate. [french diminutive: related to *profit]
PROGESTOGEN
n. - steroid hormone (e.g. Progesterone) maintaining pregnancy and preventing further ovulation.
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