Tom had won a toy at a raffle. He called his kids together to ask which one should have the present.
“Who is the most obedient?” he asked. “Who never talks back to mother? Who does everything she says?”
Five small voices answered in unison. “Okay, dad, you get the toy.”
n. Plait of hair hanging from the back of the head.
PILGRIM
fathers n.pl. English puritans who founded the colony of plymouth, massachusetts, in 1620.
- n. - person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.
- traveller. [latin: related to *peregrine]
PILLAGE
—v. (-ging) (also absol.) Plunder, sack. —n. Pillaging, esp. In war. [french piller plunder]
PILLBOX
n. - shallow cylindrical box for holding pills.
- hat of a similar shape.
- mil. Small partly underground enclosed concrete fort.
PILLION
n. Seating for a passenger behind a motor cyclist. ride pillion travel seated behind a motor cyclist. [gaelic pillean small cushion]
PILLORY
—n. (pl. -ies) hist. Wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, holding a person and allowing him or her to be publicly ridiculed. —v. (-ies, -ied) 1 expose to ridicule.
- hist. Put in the pillory. [french]
PIMENTO
n. (pl. -s) 1 tree native to jamaica.
- berries of this, usu. Crushed for culinary use; allspice.
- = *pimiento. [latin: related to *pigment]
PINBALL
n. Game in which small metal balls are shot across a board to strike pins.
PINCERS
n.pl. - (also pair of pincers) gripping-tool resembling scissors but with blunt jaws.
- front claws of lobsters and some other crustaceans. [related to *pinch]
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