A college student was delivering pizza to a regular customer"s house in New York.
The guy who answered the door asked him, "What is the usual tip?"
"Well," replied the youth,"this is my first trip here, but the other guys say if I get a quarter out of you, I"ll be doing great."
"Is that so?" snorted the man. "Well, just to show them how wrong they are, here"s five dollars."
"Thanks!" replied the youth, "I"ll put this in my school fund."
"What are you studying?" asked the man.
The lad smiled and said: "Applied psychology."
(also telex) —n. International system of telegraphy by teleprinters using the public telecommunications network. —v. Send, or communicate with, by telex. [from *teleprinter, *exchange]
TELLY
n. (pl. -ies) colloq. - television.
- television set. [abbreviation]
TEMPI
pl. Of *tempo.
TEMPO
n. (pl. -s or -pi) 1 speed at which music is or should be played.
- speed or pace. [latin tempus -por- time]
TEMPT
v. - entice or incite (a person) to do what is wrong or forbidden (tempted him to steal it).
- allure, attract.
- risk provoking (fate etc.). be tempted to be strongly disposed to. tempter n. Temptress n. [latin tempto, tento try, test]
TENCH
n. (pl. Same) european freshwater fish of the carp family. [latin tinca]
TENET
n. Doctrine, principle. [latin, = he holds]
TENON
n. Wooden projection made for insertion into a cavity, esp. A mortise, in another piece. [latin: related to *tenor]
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