NAMES
Carrie Oakey,
amateur singer.
Clare Delune,
Debussy's girlfriend.
ODDS
Catachresis,
a misused word, not a blessing after sneezing.
Cata-tonic:
Moggie pick me up!
Caesarean section,a district of Rome.
"Is this Cockfosters?" "No madam, it's mine." (attr) Max Miller, comedian.
To "chill out" means to relax not to get cold.
A chip on the shoulder, bearing a grudge.
A chip off the old block, just like his dad.
Achipov,
Russian carpenter.
Colic,
a sheep dog.
Come lest us side door him. Come let us adore him.
Congress tarts, are small cakes something like Maids of Honour, and
have nothing to do with the President's playmates.
If cough, pronounced koff, was pronounced in the same style as bough,
pronounced bow, then cough should be pronounced cow. Please remember
that the Cornish bird called a Chough, is pronounced chuff.
In the cart, in trouble. Possible origin French Revolution, if one
was in the tumbrel, cart, one was headed for the guillotine.???
Cross breeder. Bad tempered producer of livestock.
Cross section, can be a piece of the true cross, a draughtsman's
view, or a bad tempered group of the populace.
Curl up and dye. Sign in hairdressers window.
Curl up and die. Effect on leaves of disease.
John Player's Cigarette Co. issued sets of cigarette cards
containing "Schoolboy Howlers" from 1880's - 1940's.
SPOONERISMS
Battle ships and cruisers. Cattle ships and bruisers.
Car park,
Par cark.
Crushing blow,
Blushing crow.
Is a convenience store a place where one can purchase lavatories?
COUNTRIES
and Places without names, only geographical descriptions:
Austria, Osteriech, Eastern Empire.
Buenas Aires,
good air.
Los Angeles,
the Angels.
Montevideo,
"I see a mountain".
San Francesco,
Saint Francis.
South Africa,
The southern part of Africa,
The Republic of South Africa.
Uruguay,
Banda Oriental d'el Uruguay,
The land to the east of the River Uruguay.
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