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Geezers and Sheezers

GEEZERS and SHEEZERS

In Britain, old men

are called Geezers, wives Sheezers

Isn’t that funny?

 

 


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Frosted Flakes

FROSTED FLAKES

Forty point seven

inches of snow have fallen

this winter season


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Obscure words explained 80. – indicia

INDICIA

Signs, indications

even a distinctive mark.

Substitute for stamps

 


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Unusual U.K. place names 56. – Ormesby

ORMESBY, Yorkhire

Viking settlement

Home to the Pennyman’s

Free to the public

 


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Unusual U.K. place names54. – Wyre Piddle

WYRE PIDDLE, Worcestershire

famous brewery

Brewed “Piddle in the Hole” beer

On Piddle Brook


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Obscure words explained 78. – gree

GREE

A step or rank earned

Prize given for victory.

from Latin gradus


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Obscure words explained 77. – fictile

FICTILE

Of or relating

to pottery, baked thrown clay

painted and then glazed.


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Unusual U.K. place names 53. – Moreton in Marsh

MORETON in MARSH, Gloucestershire

Farmstead on the moor

Romans, Saxons came after

Iron-age settlers


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Obscure words explained 76. – sagacious

SAGACIOUS

Acute mental strength

Keen practical sense, shrewdness

Wise beyond belief

 


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Unusual U.K. place names 53. – Kirkcudbright

KIRKCUDBRIGHT, kirlcudbrightshire

Pronounced kirk Coo Bree

Meaning chapel of Cuthbert

He is buried here