A man asked for a meal in a restaurant. The waiter brought the food and put it on the table. After a moment, the man called the waiter and said:
"Waiter! Waiter! There"s a fly in my soup!"
"Please don"t speak so loudly, sir," said the waiter, "or everyone will want one."
queen n. Slang derog. Male homosexual transvestite.
- —v. (-gg-) 1 pull along with effort.
- a trail or allow to trail along the ground. B (often foll. By on) (of time, a meeting, etc.) Go or pass slowly or tediously.
- a use a grapnel. B search the bottom of (a river etc.) With grapnels, nets, etc.
- (often foll. By to) colloq. Take (an esp. Unwilling person) with one.
- (foll. By on, at) draw on (a cigarette etc.). —n. - a obstruction to progress. B retarding force or motion.
- colloq. Boring or tiresome person, duty, etc.
- a lure before hounds as a substitute for a fox. B hunt using this.
- apparatus for dredging.
- = *drag-net.
- slang inhalation.
- slang women's clothes worn by men. drag one's feet be deliberately slow or reluctant to act. Drag in introduce (an irrelevant subject). Drag out protract. Drag up colloq. Introduce or revive (an unwelcome subject). [old english or old norse]
