Quarter+of+a+pint

  • 71gill — gill1 [ gıl ] noun count usually plural one of the organs behind the head of a fish that allows it to breathe to the gills as full as possible: The room was packed to the gills. gill gill 2 [ dʒıl ] noun count a unit for measuring liquids equal… …

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  • 72gill — English has three separate words gill. The oldest, gill ‘ravine’ [11], was borrowed from Old Norse gil, a word of unknown ancestry. Gill ‘fishes’ breathing organ’ [14] probably also comes from an Old Norse *gil, never actually recorded, but… …

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  • 73gill — gill1 [gɪl] noun 1》 the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx. 2》 the vertical plates arranged radially on the… …

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  • 74noggin — noun informal 1》 a person s head. 2》 a small quantity of alcoholic drink, typically a quarter of a pint. Origin C17 (in the sense small drinking cup ): of unknown origin …

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  • 75quartern — [ kwɔ:t(ə)n] noun archaic a quarter of a pint. Origin ME: from OFr. quart(e)ron, from quart(e) (see quart) …

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  • 76gill — n. 1. Quarter of a pint. 2. (Bot.) Alehoof, haymaids, ground ivy (Nepeta glechoma). 3. Sweetheart, dolly, doxy, wanton girl …

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  • 77gill — I UK [ɡɪl] / US noun [countable, usually plural] Word forms gill : singular gill plural gills one of the organs behind the head of a fish that allows it to breathe • to the gills II UK [dʒɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms gill : singular gill… …

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  • 78gill — Ⅰ. gill [1] ► NOUN 1) the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians. 2) the vertical plates on the underside of mushrooms and many toadstools. 3) (gills) the wattles or dewlap of a fowl. ► VERB ▪ gut or clean (a fish) …

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  • 79gilled — Ⅰ. gill [1] ► NOUN 1) the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians. 2) the vertical plates on the underside of mushrooms and many toadstools. 3) (gills) the wattles or dewlap of a fowl. ► VERB ▪ gut or clean (a fish) …

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  • 80noggin — ► NOUN informal 1) a person s head. 2) a small quantity of alcoholic drink, typically a quarter of a pint. ORIGIN of unknown origin …

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