Apr 12, 2007 This week's theme

Words that seem risque



This week's words

testaceous

titivate

vomitorium

cockshut

turdiform



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cockshut (KOK-shut) noun: Evening; twilight. Apparently from the time when poultry is shut in to rest. "Thomas the Earl of Surrey, and himself,

Much about cockshut time, from troop to troop

Went through the army, cheering up the soldiers."

William Shakespeare; The Tragedy of King Richard the Third; 1592-93. X-Bonus A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man. -Arnold Toynbee, historian (1889-1975)

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