Cc:Curmudgeon

cur·mudg·eon (kr-mjn)

n.

An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions.

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[Origin unknown.]

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cur·mudgeon·ly adj.

cur·mudgeon·ry n.

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Word in Context:
And the prince or nobleman must be a very stingy curmudgeon, to be sure, if, at least, when his own dinner was over, he would not bid them welcome to the broken victuals from the table.Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel



I can't hide, no
On the mantle
I'm not sad
Until I'm home

It's the season
I'm all reason
I have seen
All I have grown

Sheared at the seams
Cheat on me
And not seen
At the seams

I'm a lender
I'm a planter
I put something
In the garden

In the handle
On the mantle
I met Santa
I met God

I'm a lady
Can you save me?
It's the sulfur
I have grown

'Tis the season
I'm all reason
I have fleas
So run on home

Ll: Lariat

n.

1. See lasso.

2. A rope for picketing grazing horses or mules.

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[Spanish la reata : la, the (from Latin illa; see al-¹ in Indo-European roots) + reatar, to tie again (re-, again from Latin; see re- + atar, to tie from Latin aptre, to join, from aptus, past participle of apere, to tie).]

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Noun

1.

lariat - a long noosed rope used to catch animals reata, riata, lasso running noose, slip noose, noose - a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled rope - a strong line

Said I to myself, as I coiled my lariat and hung it on my saddle-horn, and sat there drunk with glory, "The victory is perfect -- no other will venture against me -- knight-errantry is dead.A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark