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."
n.pl. - two-legged outer garment reaching from the waist usu. To the ankles.
- (trouser) (attrib.) Designating part of this (trouser leg). wear the trousers (esp. Of a wife) dominate in a marriage. trousered adj. [in pl. After drawers: irish and gaelic triubhas trews]
TRUEBLUE
—adj. Extremely loyal or orthodox. —n. Such a person, esp. A conservative.
v. (-ting) cut the top or the end from; shorten. truncation n. [latin: related to *trunk]
TRUSTFUL
adj. Full of trust or confidence. trustfully adv.
TRUSTING
adj. Having trust; trustful. trustingly adv.
TRUTHFUL
adj. - habitually speaking the truth.
- (of a story etc.) True. truthfully adv. Truthfulness n.
TUBERCLE
bacillus n. Bacterium causing tuberculosis.
- n. Small rounded swelling on the body or in an organ, esp. As characteristic of tuberculosis. tuberculous adj. [latin tuberculum, diminutive of *tuber]
