Ajar,
slightly open.
A jar,
glass container.
Hold the door ajar with a jar.
When is a door not a door?
When its ajar.
Alack,
alas.
A lack,
insufficiency.
Alec,
nobody likes a smart one.
Alas and alack we have a lack of funds, Alec has stolen all.
Aladdin,
lamp lad.
A lad in...
serious trouble.
Aladdin was a lad in the Thousand
and One Nights.
Album,
book with plain pages.
All bum,
large posterior, or totally useless(sl).
Most of the photos in his album were all bum,
and no tits, and seemed to be all bum anyway.
Alien nation,
foreign country.
Alienation,
growing unfriendliness.
There is a growing alienation towards
this alien nation.
A light,
illumination.
Alight,
to descend, get off.
Alight,
on fire.
"Alight quickly," called the driver, "We're alight."
"But before you do, give me a light".
Align,
to bring level.
A line,
a real or imaginary route between two or more points.
Alyne,
Alan in London (sl).
Alyne (Alan), align the ranks on a line.
All,
total.
Awl,
tool.
'all,
'enry 'all – bandleader (Henry Hall 1930's-40's).
'all,
Albert 'all, 'is bruvver.
'all,
Frances 'all, 'is sister (known as F. 'all).
And an awl, that's all, that belongs to the 'alls.
Allege,
supposed truth.
A ledge,
shelf, edge.
You allege that she was on a ledge.
Allude,
make reference to.
A lewd,
rude or obscene item.
He would never allude to a lewd song.
Allure,
charm, enticement.
A lure,
fishing fly.
A loo-er,
one who cleans loo’s. (someone has to.)
A loo-er with a lure with allure for trout.
Allusion,
reference.
Illusion,
unreal.
He made an allusion to the illusion.
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