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!"
- (esp. With neg.) Colloq. Thing of little value (don't care twopence).
TWOPENNY
attrib. Adj. - costing two pence.
- colloq. Cheap, worthless.
TWOPIECE
—adj. (of a suit etc.) Consisting of two matching items. —n. Two-piece suit etc.
TYMPANUM
n. (pl. -s or -na) 1 middle ear.
- eardrum.
- archit. A vertical triangular space forming the centre of a pediment. B similar space over a door between the lintel and the arch. [greek tumpanon drum]
TYPECAST
v. (past and past part. -cast) assign (an actor or actress) repeatedly to the same type of role.
TYPEFACE
n. Printing 1 inked surface of type.
- set of characters in one design.
TZATZIKI
n. Greek side dish of yoghurt with cucumber. [modern greek]
TABLELAND
n. Elevated plateau.
TABLEWARE
n. Dishes, plates, etc., for meals.
TABULATOR
n. - person or thing that tabulates.
- device on a typewriter etc. For advancing to a sequence of set positions in tabular work.
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