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Archaic English words and phrases (1 C, 19 P) L. Latin words and phrases (22 C, 379 P) P. Pali words and phrases (36 P) S. Sanskrit words and phrases (5 C, 319 P)
Pages in category "Archaic English words and phrases" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Disect is an archaic word meaning "to separate by cutting", but has not been in common use since the 17th century. Standard: The Americas are bisected by the Panama canal. Standard: She dissected Smith's dissertation, pointing out scores of errors. Standard: We dissected the eye of a bull in biology class today.
Five-and-dime, dime store, a store selling cheap merchandise; a dime a dozen, so abundant as to be worth little (UK: ten a penny); on a dime, in a small space ("turn on a dime", UK: turn on a sixpence) or immediately ("stop on a dime", UK: stop on a sixpence); nickel-and-dime, originally an adjective meaning "involving small amounts of money ...
(liquor store) retail establishment selling liquor (usu. for consumption off the premises) (UK similar: off-licence) ("I held up and robbed a hard liquor store" – Paul Simon) (malt liquor) a type of beer with high alcohol content loaded the state of a firearm with bullets or shells in its firing chamber. bearing a load. (slang; of a person) rich
large consumer retail establishment (as department store or superstore) consumer retail establishment of any size (UK: shop), e.g. grocery store, hardware store, convenience store, dime store; hence storefront (UK: shopfront), storekeeper (UK: shopkeeper) story an account of events, usu. fictional but sometimes factual
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a store for alcoholic beverages which must be imbibed elsewhere (US liquor store) off-the-peg of clothes etc., ready-made rather than made to order (US: off-the-rack) off you/we go * a command to begin something or to start moving (US: "let's go") offal * the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. oi