A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
"Is this her first child?" the doctor queries.
"No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!"
- 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]
