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Went to bed with his trousers on; One shoe off, and the other shoe on, Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John. [1] Alternate versions include: Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his britches on. One shoe off, and one shoe on; Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John. [2] Deedle, deedle, dumpling, my son John, Went to bed with his ...
An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.
a striking success; used in the phrases "go (like) a bomb" and "go down a bomb"; Go like a bomb also means, when used of a vehicle, to go very fast an explosive weapon (v.) to be a failure ("the show bombed"); also as n. (n., used with the) something outstanding ("that show was the bomb"); sometimes spelled da bomb: bombardier
In linguistics, converses or relational antonyms are pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view, such as parent/child or borrow/lend. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The relationship between such words is called a converse relation . [ 2 ]
2. After 1928, could mean broken down car [171] floater Person making trouble and then disappears [149] flogger Overcoat [172] floorflusher Insatiable dancer [149] flop 1. Go to bed; fall asleep [173] 2. Grown-up who is disagreeable, socially awkward, and unsuccessful; 1920s [173] 3. Intentionally lose a fight by taking a dive; 1920s [173] 4.
An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym, with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.
A satirical cartoon by Isaac Cruikshank of Princess Charlotte and Prince Frederick being led to bed by a party including her parents, King George III and Queen Charlotte. The bedding ceremony refers to the wedding custom of putting the newlywed couple together in the marital bed in front of numerous witnesses, usually family, friends, and neighbors, thereby completing the marriage.
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't in; I jumped on his Sunday hat and poked it with a pin. Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a sham; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of lamb; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was away, I stuffed his socks with sawdust and filled his shoes with clay. Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a cheat,