A man met his tailor in the street and stopped him.
"I quite forgot to pay for the suit which I have on now," he said. "Why didn"t you remind me?"
"I never ask a gentleman for money," the tailor replied.
"Then what do you do if he doesn"t pay?"
"Well, after some time I no longer think he is a gentleman and then I ask him."
v. (esp. As roistering adj.) Revel noisily; be uproarious. roisterer n. [latin: related to *rustic]
ROLLING
drunk predic. Adj. Swaying or staggering from drunkenness.
- stone n. Unsettled rootless person.
ROLLMOP
n. Rolled uncooked pickled herring fillet. [german rollmops]
ROLLTOP
desk n. Desk with a flexible cover sliding in curved grooves.
ROMANCE
—n. - idealized, poetic, or unworldly atmosphere or tendency.
- a love affair. B mutual attraction in this. C sentimental or idealized love.
- a literary genre concerning romantic love, stirring action, etc. B work of this genre.
- medieval, esp. Verse, tale of chivalry, common in the romance languages.
- a exaggeration, lies. B instance of this.
- (romance) (often attrib.) Languages descended from latin.
- mus. Short informal piece. —v. (-cing) 1 exaggerate, distort the truth, fantasize.
- court, woo. [romanic: related to *romanic]
ROMANIC
—n. = *romance n. 6. —adj. - a of romance. B romance-speaking.
- descended from, or inheriting the civilization etc. Of, the ancient romans. [latin romanicus: related to *roman]
ROMPERS
n. Pl. (also romper suit) young child's one-piece garment covering the legs and trunk.
RONDEAU
n. (pl. Rondeaux pronunc. Same or) poem of ten or thirteen lines with only two rhymes throughout and with the opening words used twice as a refrain. [french: related to *rondel]
