"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."
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Friday, 24 December 2010

Gravelled

   
In former times to be gravelled meant to be perplexed. The word was still in common usage in Victorian times.
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