Tom had won a toy at a raffle. He called his kids together to ask which one should have the present.
“Who is the most obedient?” he asked. “Who never talks back to mother? Who does everything she says?”
Five small voices answered in unison. “Okay, dad, you get the toy.”
n. - small flat-bladed tool for spreading mortar etc.
- scoop for lifting small plants or earth. [latin trulla]
TRUANT
—n. - child who stays away from school.
- person who avoids work etc. —adj. Shirking, idle, wandering. —v. (also play truant) be a truant. truancy n. (pl. -ies). [french, probably from celtic]
TRUDGE
—v. (-ging) 1 go on foot, esp. Laboriously.
- traverse (a distance) in this way. —n. Trudging walk. [origin unknown]
TRUISM
n. Statement too hackneyed to be worth making, e.g. ‘nothing lasts for ever’.
TRUSTY
—adj. (-ier, -iest) archaic or joc. Trustworthy (a trusty steed). —n. (pl. -ies) prisoner given special privileges for good behaviour.
TRYING
adj. Annoying, vexatious; hard to endure.
TRYOUT
n. Experimental test.
TSETSE
n. African fly feeding on blood and transmitting esp. Sleeping-sickness. [tswana]
TSHIRT
n. Short-sleeved casual top having the form of a t when spread out.
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