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Tootle
VERB
1. Go or travel in a leisurely way.
2. Casually make a series of sounds on a horn, trumpet, or similar instrument.
NOUN
1. A leisurely journey.
2. An act or sound of casual playing on an instrument such as a horn or trumpet.
VERB
1. Go or travel in a leisurely way.
2. Casually make a series of sounds on a horn, trumpet, or similar instrument.
NOUN
1. A leisurely journey.
2. An act or sound of casual playing on an instrument such as a horn or trumpet.
I'm on board. My Italian motorcycle owner manual says to "tootle the horn" with the button on the handlebar.
This is the immediate precursor to First Foot, the first person to visit a home in the new year. In Scottish and Northern English folklore the First Foot is a harbinger of good for the coming year.Hoghmanay
Hagman(a)e
Hagmonay
Hagmonick
Hanginay
Hangmanay
Hogernoany
Hogminay/Hogmenay/Hogmynae
Hoguemennay
Huggeranohni
Hu(i)gmanay
Hogmanay [etc.] is the Scots word for the last day of the old year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year in the Scottish manner.
Ambisinister
The inverse of Ambidextrous.
The root of Ambidextrous is Ambi - prefix. a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, meaning "both"
Dextra in Latin is Right. So Ambidextrous means Both Right Hands, indicating a person having a left hand that works as well as his right hand.
Left in Latin is Sinister; therefore, One who is Ambisinister can't use either hand worth a damn.
The inverse of Ambidextrous.
The root of Ambidextrous is Ambi - prefix. a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, meaning "both"
Dextra in Latin is Right. So Ambidextrous means Both Right Hands, indicating a person having a left hand that works as well as his right hand.
Left in Latin is Sinister; therefore, One who is Ambisinister can't use either hand worth a damn.
pish tosh
Pish dates to the late 1500s and hasn't worn out its welcome yet. It occasionally hooks up with other words to express the same meaning: pish-tosh is one combo, and pish-posh is another. The latter also occasionally moonlights as a verb, as in "she pish-poshed the idea"—in other words, "she dismissed the idea."
Alluvium
A deposit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing streams in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil.
A deposit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing streams in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil.
