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BreakTime: Whipster's Punabridged Dictionary - A thru K

Here's the Official "Whipster's Punabridged Dictionary" (A-K) that was hidden and recently discovered buried deep inside a box in a far corner of my garage for over 25 years.  It's deep truths and incite can now be shared with others so that they can unlock the true meaning of these words...

adage -   to become older
affix -   big trouble
allege -   a high rock shelf
arson -   our daughter's brother
avowal -   a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y
bassinet -   what every fisherman wants
behoove -   to have hooves, as a horse
belong -   to take your time
brotherhood -   your brother, the crook
buckboard -   the price of lumber before inflation
bulkhead -   hat size larger than 7 1/2
bumpkin -   1: to jostle a relative;  2: your brother, the tramp
cadence -   a less-than-bright girl name Kay
calcium -   what Cal said when he saw 'um
capsize -   same as hat size -- see bulkhead
carpet -   a dog or cat who enjoys riding in an automobile
circumflex -   a polite invitation for someone to show off his muscles
condescend -   to escape from prison by lowering oneself over the wall with a rope.
deduce -   de lowest card in de deck
deformation -   a football formation in which the backfield lines up in the shape of a D
denounce -   a group of words that names things, as opposed to de verbs, de adjectives, and so on
documentate -   what you say to the doctor when he charges you ten dollars and should have charged only eight
dogma -   a mother dog
dressage -   how old the dress is
eclipse -   shat a gardener does to the hedge
eureka -   a euphemism for "You smell bad."
falsehood -   someone who pretends to be a gangster
filmdom -   a bad movie
fission -   where Huck Finn went when he played hookey
geometry -   what the acorn said after it grew up
grateful -   what it takes to build a good fire
handicap -   a ready to wear hat
hari-kari -   transporting a wig from one place to another
hunger -   what the posse did to the lady rustler
hypothesis -   first thing a teenager says to his father on the telephone
intense -   where campers sleep
ketchup -   what the last runner in a race wants to do
kinship -   your rich uncle's boat
knickerbocker -   a knative of Knew York

Note: Author Unknown -- I'm not sure who originally compiled this list, but believe it is in the public domain.  Warning: there is more coming from this compilation (see Volume L - Z).

Copyright 2008 by Lawrence Yerkes. All Rights Reserved.

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