What is the difference between a Russian optimist, pessimist and realist?
The optimist studies English.
The pessimist studies Chinese.
The realist stays home and cleans his kalashnikov.
and cox n. Two people sharing accommodation etc. In shifts. [names of characters in a play (1847)]
- camera n. Simple box-shaped camera.
- girder n. Hollow girder square in cross-section.
- junction n. Road area marked with a yellow grid, which a vehicle should enter only if its exit is clear.
- number n. Number for replies to a private advertisement in a newspaper.
- office n. Ticket-office at a theatre etc.
- pleat n. Arrangement of parallel pleats folding in alternate directions.
- spring n. Each of a set of vertical springs in a frame, e.g. In a mattress.
- —n. - container, usu. Flat-sided and firm.
- amount contained in a box.
- compartment, e.g. In a theatre or lawcourt.
- receptacle or kiosk for a special purpose (often in comb.: money box; telephone box).
- facility at a newspaper office for receiving replies to an advertisement.
- (prec. By the) colloq. Television.
- enclosed area or space.
- area of print enclosed by a border.
- light shield for the genitals in cricket etc. 10 (prec. By the) football colloq. Penalty area. —v. - put in or provide with a box.
- (foll. By in, up) confine. [latin buxis: related to *box3]
- —v. - a take part in boxing. B fight (an opponent) at boxing.
- slap (esp. A person's ears). —n. Hard slap, esp. On the ears. [origin unknown]
- n. - small evergreen tree with dark green leaves.
- its fine hard wood. [latin buxus, greek puxos]
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