A drummer, sick of all the drummer jokes, decides to change his instrument. After some thought, he decides on the accordion.
So he goes to the music store and says to the owner, "I"d like to look at the accordions, please."
The owner gestures to a shelf in the corner and says, "All our accordions are over there."
After browsing, the drummer says, "I think I"d like the big red one in the corner."
The store owner looks at him and says, "You"re a drummer, aren"t you?"
The drummer, crestfallen, says, "How did you know?"
The store owner says, "That "big red accordion" is the radiator."
- fibre from its leaves, used for weaving and for tying plants etc. [malagasy]
RAFFLE
—n. Fund-raising lottery with prizes. —v. (-ling) (often foll. By off) sell by means of a raffle. [french raf(f)le, a dice-game]
RAFTER
n. Each of the sloping beams forming the framework of a roof. [old english]
RAGBAG
n. - bag for scraps of fabric etc.
- miscellaneous collection.
RAGGED
adj. - torn; frayed.
- in ragged clothes.
- with a broken or jagged outline or surface.
- faulty, imperfect; lacking finish, smoothness, or uniformity. [old norse]
- robin n. Pink-flowered campion with tattered petals.
RAGLAN
—adj. (of a sleeve) running up to the neck of a garment. —n. (often attrib.) Overcoat without shoulder seams, the sleeves running up to the neck. [lord raglan]
RAGOUT
n. Meat stewed with vegetables and highly seasoned. [french]
RAGTAG
n. (in full ragtag and bobtail) derog. Rabble or common people. [from *rag1]
RAISIN
n. Dried grape. [latin: related to *raceme]
RAISON
d'Etre n. (pl. Raisons d'Etre pronunc. Same) purpose or reason that accounts for, justifies, or originally caused a thing's existence. [french]
