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121“Cool Air“ — Short story (3,440 words); written probably in February 1926. First published in Tales of Magic and Mystery(March 1928); rpt. WT(September 1939); first collected in O;corrected text in DH; annotated version in An2and CC The narrator, having …
122loaf — Ⅰ. loaf1 (lōf) n. pl. loaves (lōvz) 1) A shaped mass of bread baked in one piece. 2) A shaped, usually rounded or oblong, mass of food: »veal loaf. ╂ [Middle English lof, from Old English hlāf.] Word History: Loaf, lord, and …
123shoe — [n] footwear basketball shoe, boat shoe, boot, cleat, clog, cowboy boot, flip flops*, footgear, golf shoe, high heels, hightops*, loafer, moccasin, penny loafer, platform shoe, pump, running shoe, sandals, slipper, sneaker, tennis shoe, wing tip …
124loaf — Ⅰ. loaf [1] ► NOUN (pl. loaves) ▪ a quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece. ● half a loaf is better than no bread Cf. ↑half a loaf is better than no bread ● use one s loaf Cf. ↑ …
125bum — ☆ bum1 [bum ] n. [< bummer, prob. < Ger bummler, loafer, habitually tardy person < bummeln, to go slowly, waste time] Informal 1. a vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict 2. any shiftless or… …
126do-nothing — I noun person who does no work a lazy bum • Syn: ↑idler, ↑loafer, ↑layabout, ↑bum • Derivationally related forms: ↑bum (fo …
127drugstore cowboy — noun 1. : one who wears cowboy clothes but has had no experience as a cowboy 2. : a loafer who loiters on street corners or in drugstores * * * Slang. 1. a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners. 2. a person who dresses like a …
128feather merchant — noun slang : one in a position that involves little effort or responsibility or that calculatedly evades effort or responsibility : loafer * * * Older Slang. a person who avoids responsibility and effort; loafer. [1775 85] …
