"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Tuesday 13 April 2010

Xyster

 
Another lovely word for the crossword compiler - a xyster is a surgeon's bone scraping instrument. Ouch.
 

1 comment:

  1. Yuck. Not something I particulary wanted to know. Might stick in my memory just for that reason, though.

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