One night a father sent his kid to bed. Five minutes later the boy screamed, “Dad! Can you get me a glass of water!?!”
“No. You had your chance.”
A minute later the boy screamed, “Dad!! Can you get me a glass of water?”
“No. You had your chance. Next time you ask I’ll come up there and spank you.”
“Dad! When you come up to spank me can you bring me a glass of water?”
- —n. - liveried boy or man employed to run errands, attend to a door, etc.
- boy as a personal attendant of a bride etc. —v. (-ging) 1 (in hotels, airports, etc.) Summon, esp. By making an announcement.
- summon by pager. [french]
PAID
past and past part. Of *pay.
PAIL
n. - bucket.
- amount contained in this. pailful n. (pl. -s). [old english]
PAIN
—n. - any unpleasant bodily sensation produced by illness, accident, etc.
- mental suffering.
- (also pain in the neck or arse) colloq. Troublesome person or thing; nuisance. —v. - cause pain to.
- (as pained adj.) Expressing pain (pained expression). be at (or take) pains take great care. In pain suffering pain.
PAIR
of scales n. Simple balance.
- —n. - set of two people or things used together or regarded as a unit.
- article (e.g. Scissors, trousers, or pyjamas) consisting of two joined or corresponding parts.
- a engaged or married couple. B mated couple of animals.
- two horses harnessed side by side (coach and pair).
- member of a pair in relation to the other (cannot find its pair).
- two playing-cards of the same denomination.
- either or both of two mps etc. On opposite sides agreeing not to vote on certain occasions. —v. - (often foll. By off) arrange or be arranged in couples.
- a join or be joined in marriage. B (of animals) mate. [latin paria: related to *par]
PAKI
n. (pl. -s) slang offens. Pakistani. [abbreviation]
PALE
—adj. - (of a person, colour, or complexion) light or faint; whitish, ashen.
- of faint lustre; dim. —v. (-ling) 1 grow or make pale.
- (often foll. By before, beside) seem feeble in comparison (with). palely adv. Paleness n. Palish adj. [latin pallidus]
- n. - pointed piece of wood for fencing etc.; stake.
- boundary. beyond the pale outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour. [latin palus]
PALL
n. - cloth spread over a coffin etc.
- shoulder-band with pendants, worn as an ecclesiastical vestment and sign of authority.
- dark covering (pall of darkness). [latin pallium cloak]
- v. (often foll. By on) become uninteresting (to). [from *appal]
PALM
oil n. Oil from various palms.
- sunday n. Sunday before easter, celebrating christ's entry into jerusalem.
- n. - (also palm-tree) (usu. Tropical) tree-like plant with no branches and a mass of large leaves at the top.
- leaf of this as a symbol of victory. [latin palma]
- —n. - inner surface of the hand between the wrist and fingers.
- part of a glove that covers this. —v. Conceal in the hand. palm off 1 (often foll. By on) impose fraudulently (on a person) (palmed my old car off on him).
- (often foll. By with) cause (a person) to accept unwillingly or unknowingly (palmed him off with my old car). [latin palma]
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