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The Question: Do you pronounce "primer" with a long or short "i" sound? The Answer: Yes. More specifically, it depends on which meaning of "…Brewer's: Battus paieront
(Les). Væ victis! Those who lose must pay the piper. “ C'est le loi du pays de Béarn que le battu paie l'amende.” Again, “ C'est la coutume de Lorris, les battus paient l'amende. ” This is…Brewer's: Secret de Polichinelle
(Le). No secret at all. A secret known to all the world; old news. We have also “Hawker's News,” “Piper's News.” The secrets of Polichinelle are “stage whispers” told to all the audience…Of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: The Lobster Quadrille
by Lewis Carroll The Mock Turtle's StoryWho Stole the Tarts?The Lobster Quadrille The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and drew the back of one flapper across his eyes. He looked at Alice, and…The Devil's Dictionary: Piety
by Ambrose Bierce PIEPIGPIETY -n. Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man. The pig is taught by sermons and epistles To think the God of Swine has…The Devil's Dictionary: Picture
by Ambrose Bierce PICKANINNYPIEPICTURE -n. A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome in three. "Behold great Daubert's picture here on view — Taken from Life." If…Comoros, the
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Comoros, the Comoros, the kŏmˈərōs [key], officially Union of the Comoros (2020 est. pop. 869,…Crab, The
(Encyclopedia) Crab, The, English name for Cancer, a constellation.Curragh, the
(Encyclopedia) Curragh, theCurragh, thekûrˈəkh [key], undulating plain or common, 4,885 acres (1,977 hectares), Co. Kildare, E Republic of Ireland. It has been a military camp since 1646. The Curragh…Ghor, the
(Encyclopedia) Ghor, the, Arabic Al Ghawr, region of the Jordan Valley, c.70 mi (110 km) long, between the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) and the Dead Sea, on the border of Jordan and Israel and the…Trending
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