- Doctor, doctor! I"ve had a sore stomach ever since I ate three crabs last week.
- Did they smell bad when you took them out of their shells?
- What do you mean "took them out of their shells"?
n. Hinged or removable flap at the rear of a lorry etc.
TAILLIGHT
n. (also tail-lamp) us rear light on a vehicle etc.
TAILPIECE
n. - rear appendage.
- final part of a thing.
- decoration in a blank space at the end of a chapter etc.
TAILPLANE
n. Horizontal aerofoil at the tail of an aircraft.
TALKATIVE
adj. Fond of or given to talking.
TALKINGTO
n. Colloq. Reproof, reprimand.
TANGERINE
n. - small sweet thin-skinned citrus fruit like an orange; mandarin.
- deep orange-yellow colour. [tangier in morocco]
TANTALIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) 1 torment or tease by the sight or promise of the unobtainable.
- raise and then dash the hopes of. tantalization n. [tantalus, mythical king punished in hades with sight of water and fruit which drew back whenever he tried to reach them]
TAOISEACH
n. Prime minister of the irish republic. [irish, = chief, leader]
TARANTULA
n. - large hairy tropical spider.
- large black s. European spider. [medieval latin: related to *tarantella]
