Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn’t control himself during a lineup.
When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words, “Give me all your money or I’ll shoot,”
the man shouted, “That’s not what I said!”
- 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]
