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She once had a figure
To everyone's taste,
But now they just snigger
For it's all gone to waist.
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Protuberant adj. swelling out; bulging. (17the century: from LL protuberare to swell, from PRO- + tuber swelling) - pro'tuberance or pro'tuberancy n. - pro'tuberantly adv.
Sunday, 11 August 2019
radiANT
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She's on TV
For all to see,
And how she seems to love it.
(She's not on screen,
But might have been,
As now she's just above it)
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Radiant adj. 1. sending out rays of light; bright; shining. 2. characterized by health, happiness, etc.: a radiant smile. 3. emitted or propagated by or as radiation; radiated: radiant heat. 4. sending out heat by radiation: a radiant heater. (15th century: from L radiare to shine, from radius ray of light)
She's on TV
For all to see,
And how she seems to love it.
(She's not on screen,
But might have been,
As now she's just above it)
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Radiant adj. 1. sending out rays of light; bright; shining. 2. characterized by health, happiness, etc.: a radiant smile. 3. emitted or propagated by or as radiation; radiated: radiant heat. 4. sending out heat by radiation: a radiant heater. (15th century: from L radiare to shine, from radius ray of light)
redcurrANT
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If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,
So's an ant (if the currants are black).
But I hear the amount
In the currant account's
In the red, so take the ant back!
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Redcurrant n. 1. a N temperate shrub having greenish flowers and small edible rounded red berries. 2. a. the fruit of this shrub. Yummily tangy. b. (as modifier): redcurrant jelly.
If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,
So's an ant (if the currants are black).
But I hear the amount
In the currant account's
In the red, so take the ant back!
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Redcurrant n. 1. a N temperate shrub having greenish flowers and small edible rounded red berries. 2. a. the fruit of this shrub. Yummily tangy. b. (as modifier): redcurrant jelly.
redundANT
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A worker who was laid off his work
Once ranted and went quite berserk,
Then to add to his ills
All the hospital bills
Just made the poor worker berserker.
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Redundant adj. 1. surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous. 2. verbose ot tautological. 3. deprived of one's job because it is no longer necessary. (17th century: from L redundans overflowing, from redundare to stream over; see REDOUND) - re'dundantly adv.
A worker who was laid off his work
Once ranted and went quite berserk,
Then to add to his ills
All the hospital bills
Just made the poor worker berserker.
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Redundant adj. 1. surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous. 2. verbose ot tautological. 3. deprived of one's job because it is no longer necessary. (17th century: from L redundans overflowing, from redundare to stream over; see REDOUND) - re'dundantly adv.
revenANT
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"I'm a little stiff from Badminton,
And come for tea, my dear!"...
"Hello, it's good to see you,
For I was there last year!"
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Revenant n. something, esp. a ghost, that returns. (19th century: from F: ghost, from revenir, from L revenire, from RE + venire to come).
"I'm a little stiff from Badminton,
And come for tea, my dear!"...
"Hello, it's good to see you,
For I was there last year!"
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Revenant n. something, esp. a ghost, that returns. (19th century: from F: ghost, from revenir, from L revenire, from RE + venire to come).
determinANT
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A coin has been tossed
So will she have lost?
(She hates it if ever she fails)
...The moment she dreads...
...She hopes that it's heads...
But despairingly sees that it's...heads!
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Determinant adj. 1. serving to determine. -n. 2. a factor that influences or determines. 3. MATHS. A square array of elements that represents the sum of certain products of these elements, used to solve simultaneous equations, in vector studies, etc.
A coin has been tossed
So will she have lost?
(She hates it if ever she fails)
...The moment she dreads...
...She hopes that it's heads...
But despairingly sees that it's...heads!
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Determinant adj. 1. serving to determine. -n. 2. a factor that influences or determines. 3. MATHS. A square array of elements that represents the sum of certain products of these elements, used to solve simultaneous equations, in vector studies, etc.
hydrANT
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"Liar, liar, pants on fire!" -
The people jeer and call him names.
(But all is well and FAR from dire,
For look who's here to douse the flames!)
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Hydrant n. an outlet from a water main, usually an upright pipe with a valve attached, from which water can be tapped for fighting fires, etc.
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