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It was also featured in an episode of The Good Life in the first season (1975) where Tom and Barbara purchase a wood-burning range from a junk trader called Sam, who litters his language with phony rhyming slang in hopes of convincing suburban residents that he is an authentic traditional Cockney trader. He comes up with a fake story as to the ...
Will Shortz, the longtime crossword puzzle editor of the New York Times and NPR’s “puzzlemaster” for more than three decades, suffered a stroke last month and has spent the last several ...
cleansed / ˈ-ɛ n z d / rhymes with lensed, "provided with a lens or lenses". coif / ˈ-ɔɪ f / rhymes with boyf, slang for "boyfriend". cusp / ˈ-ʌ s p / rhymes with DUSP, an acronym for "dual-specificity phosphatase enzyme". diamond / ˈ-aɪ m ə n d / rhymes with hymened, having a hymen of a specified description, as in the word tough ...
2. (n.) Any tool used for drilling holes, such as a chisel used in combination with a mallet. dry rot Decay in timber caused by fungal growth, usually in a moist, stagnant, poorly ventilated atmosphere. dust collection A system used to capture wood dust from woodworking machines such as a table saw, miter saw, router, planer, or jointer.
Rhymes may be classified according to their position in the verse: Tail rhyme (also called end rhyme or rime couée) is a rhyme in the final syllable(s) of a verse (the most common kind). Internal rhyme occurs when a word or phrase in the interior of a line rhymes with a word or phrase at the end of a line, or within a different line.
The cabinet box will most often have a wood veneer to finish the interior. Cabinet door and drawer face material will depend on the manufacturer. Often a natural wood such as maple, oak, ash, birch, cherry, or alder will be used as a material that is intended to be finished with a stain or other transparent or semi-transparent finish.
Occurring between meals, the migrating motor complex is a series of peristaltic wave cycles in distinct phases starting with relaxation, followed by an increasing level of activity to a peak level of peristaltic activity lasting for 5–15 minutes. [6] This cycle repeats every 1.5–2 hours but is interrupted by food ingestion.
Sung by Dan Emmett's Virginia Minstrels, who premiered at New York's Bowery Amphitheatre. Pop Goes the Weasel: United Kingdom 1852 [81] By December 1852, "Pop Goes The Weasel" was a popular social dance in England. Pussy Cat Pussy Cat: United Kingdom 1805 [82] The earliest record of the rhyme is publication in Songs for the Nursery. Rain Rain ...