A musical director was having a lot of trouble with one drummer. He talked and talked and talked with the drummer, but his performance simply didn"t improve.
Finally, before the whole orchestra, he said, "When a musician just can"t handle his instrument and doesn"t improve when given help, they take away the instrument, and give him two sticks, and make him a drummer."
A stage whisper was heard from the percussion section: "And if he can"t handle even that, they take away one of his sticks and make him a conductor."
n. Advocate of scrupulous purity, esp. In language or art. purism n. Puristic adj.
PURITY
n. Pureness, cleanness.
PURLER
n. Colloq. Headlong fall. [purl overturn]
PURLIN
n. Horizontal beam along the length of a roof. [anglo-latin perlio]
PURPLE
heart n. Colloq. Heart-shaped stimulant tablet, esp. Of amphetamine.
- passage n. (also purple patch) ornate or elaborate literary passage.
- —n. - colour between red and blue.
- (in full tyrian purple) crimson dye obtained from some molluscs.
- purple robe, esp. Of an emperor or senior magistrate.
- scarlet official dress of a cardinal.
- (prec. By the) position of rank, authority, or privilege. —adj. Of a purple colour. —v. (-ling) make or become purple. purplish adj. [greek porphura, a shellfish yielding dye]
PURSER
n. Officer on a ship who keeps the accounts, esp. The head steward in a passenger vessel.
PURSUE
v. (-sues, -sued, -suing) 1 follow with intent to overtake, capture, or do harm to; go in pursuit.
- continue or proceed along (a route or course of action).
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