"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 23 April 2013

Grubble

   To grubble was a term meaning to eat in the dark.  Perhaps few of us grubble any more and that is why it has fallen out of favour.

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