A Dab,
hand.
A Dab,
of glue.
A Dab,
flat fish.
Dai ate,
(pt) of Dai eats.
Diet,
culinary regime.
Diet,
continental controlling body concerned with worms.
Dye it,
order to colour cloth.
The Diet of Worms had nothing to do with
the diet Dai ate.
Dairy,
having to do with milk.
Diary,
daily record of events.
Date,
fruit.
Date,
with a blonde.
Date,
todays.
Dear,
costly.
Deer,
animal.
Dear,
term of endearment.
Dear, dear,
expression of concern. (Dio, Dio; God, God)
Dear dear dear, dear dear!
Expensive venison my child, hey ho!
Decade,
10 years.
Decayed,
perished.
After a decade it had decayed.
Deceased,
dead.
Diseased,
seriously ill.
Decent,
respectable.
Descent,
going lower.
Descant,
musical, a counter melody.
Dissent,
disagreement .
The descent was made at a decent rate.
Deck,
pack, of cards.
Deck,
flooring of a ship.
Deck,
dress up.
Defer,
to delay.
Defer,
to yield out of respect.
Differ,
disagree.
Deference,
courteous regard.
Diference,
distinguishing characteristic.
Delaware,
Della wears.
Delaware,
state in America.
What did Della wear in Delaware.
Delicatessen,
fancy grocers. (German for fine food)
Delicate essence,
fancy pong.
Delicate,
fragile.
Delivery,
distribution.
Delivery,
liberation or rescue.
Delivery,
event of giving birth.
Delivery,
speech.
Deport,
bearing.
Deport,
send away, exile.
De port,
Kingston, Jamaica.
Deport dat man from de port man.
Deportment,
bearing.
Department,
place/region/area.
Deposition,
sworn, written statement.
Disposition,
tendency to react in a certain way.
Disposition,
final settlement.
Depositor,
one who places.
Depository,
the place.
Depraved,
extreme departure from what is normal & good.
Deprived,
take away from; withheld.
Deprecate,
belittle.
Depreciate,
fall in value or price.
Desert,
to abandon.
Desert,
sandy and arid place.
Dessert,
pudding/afters.
After dessert he deserted the desert.
Desperate,
anxious.
Disparate,
apart.
Des pirate,
a sea-dog named Desmond.
When disparate they were desperate.
Desiccated,
dried in air.
Desecrated,
despoiled.
First he was desecrated, then he was desiccated.
Destruction,
distraction.
Desire,
to love or want.
De sire,
to love one's father.
Desiree,
a french girl's name.
My desire is to desire, Desiree.
Deuce,
pair.
Deuce,
exclamation.
Deace,
boring bit of tennis,
Dews,
overnight covering of moisture.
Duce,
Mussolini.
Jews,
Hebrews.
Juice,
liquid content of a fruit.
Devices,
tools, instruments.
Devizes,
town in Cornwall.
De vices,
West Indian bad habits.
She bought the devices in Devises.
Devise,
contrive, plan.
Devise,
give by will - disposing of property.
Dial,
the face of a timepiece.
Dial,
to key-in a telephone number
(because once upon a time telephones had circular dials).
Dial,
movable control knob.
Die,
to expire.
Die,
machine tool.
Dye,
(v) the act of colouring a material.
Di,
(abr.) Diane/Diana.
Die,
singular of dice.
Dai,
Welsh first name.
Dick,
abbreviation of Richard.
Dick,
penis (sl).
Dick,
detective, private or police.
Dick's dick was spotted by the dick.
Defuse,
as of a bomb.
Diffuse,
broadcast, disperse, spread.
Digest,
collection of published materials as in Reader's Diges.
Digest,
absorb nutrients.
Dilemma,
a problem or difficult situation.
Dial Emma,
telephone Emma.
Dinah,
girl's name.
Dinar,
middle eastern currency.
Diner,
person who eats or an eating place.
Dinner,
contentious meal????? Mid day for working class and
evening for others.
The diner sat down to dinner in Rick`s Diner, and was waited on
by Dinah though it cost a few dinar.
Discontents,
malcontents.
Disc contents,
contents of a computer disc.
Dingy,
dark, dismal.
Dinghy,
rubber boat.
It was a very dingy dinghy.
Diogenes,
philosopher.
Dodgy knees,
paintful joints.
Diogenes had dodgy knees.
Discuss,
talk about.
Discus,
round metal plate for throwing.
Discuss the discus, not the javelin.
Disgruntled,
unhappy, not pleased.
Gruntled?
?
Disgust,
loathing.
Discussed,
to have spoken about.
We discussed his disgust.
Dispense,
give out.
Dispense,
do away with.
Distemper,
water based paint.
Distemper,
ailment.
Diverse,
different.
Divers,
under water.
Dai Verse,
Welsh poet.
Dai Verse was one of the divers from diverse
places.
Dive,
plunge into water.
Dive,
low class bar or club or joint.
Diversion,
fun, amusement.
Diversion,
alternative way.
Dai version,
Welsh poet’s story.
It was a diversion to take the diversion.
Divine,
Holy.
Divine,
to foretell/ to seek.
Doc,
(abbr.) doctor.
Dock,
plant.
Dock,
mooring.
Dock,
defendant's place in criminal trial.
The doc was in dock for taking a dock from
the dock.
Docked,
ship berthed.
Docked,
removal of animal's tail.
Docked,
deducted from wages.
Dogged,
determined.
Dogged,
followed, trailed, hounded.
Dog eared,
scruffy, tatty.
She was dogged in her quest to discover who
had dog-eared her book.
Doggy,
of a dog.
Dodgy,
less than honest.
He was a dodgy doggy dealer.
Dolman,
prehistoric standing stone.
Dollmen,
Ken or Barbie fame or even action man.
Delman,
a Hussar’s off the shoulder jacket.
Don,
man's name, (abbr.) Donald.
Don,
Russian river.
Don,
to put on, wear.
Don,
title, of a Spaniard, a university lecturer.
or a Mafia boss.
Don, don your cape and get out on the Don,
the Don is waiting for you.
Dork,
sexual term (US).
Dork,
(sl) nerd, or jerk - (US).
Dorking,
town in Surrey.
Dorking,
(US) term for copulation (sl).
Dorking in Dorking.
Douse,
to soak.
Dowse,
to divine.
Dove,
a bird.
Dove,
(pt) of dive (US).
Draft,
military intake.
Draft,
preliminary sketch.
Draft,
bank promissory note.
Draft,
an animal or team of animals used to pull a load.
Draught,
counter in game of checkers.
Draught,
a full or deep drink.
Draught,
vessel's depth.
Draught,
current of air.
Draftee,
person drafted.
Draughty,
windy.
The draftee sat in the draughty corridor.
Draw,
to lift or pull.
Draw,
to design.
Draw the picture and it will draw the crowds.
Draw the draw-bridge.
Drawers,
those who draw, water,supplies.
Drawers,
those articles which nice girls should
not leave home without.
Drawers,
sliding compartment in furniture.
Drawers,
designers, draftsmen.
Draws,
3rd p sing., to draw.
The drawers pulled out the drawers which held
the drawers belonging to the drawers girlfriend.
Drawn,
(pt) to draw.
Drawn,
tired, wan.
Drawn,
to be attached to someone or something (see lift or pull).
After she had drawn three hundred pints of beer she looked a trifle drawn.
Drill,
usual procedure.
Drill,
military exercise.
Drill,
mechanical device for turning a bit.
It was the drill on monday after small arms drill
to operate the drill in the workshop.
Drive a Ford,
advertising exhortation.
Driver, Ford,
job advert.
Driver, Ford!
Advise the controller of the vehicle of an approaching river crossing.
Drop,
let something fall.
Drop by,
call in on someone.
Drop in,
as above.
Drop dead,
expire suddenly.
Drop dead!
an expletive.
Drop dead gorgeous
very attractive.
Dual,
pair.
Duel,
fight.
Jewel,
gem.
A duel for the dual jewel.
Duck,
take cover.
Duck,
bird.
Duck,
type of cloth.
Duck,
no score, cricket.
Duck-board,
slatted board for walking.
Duck! Board!
advice of obstruction on building site.
Duds,
failures.
Duds,
(US) clothes.
Dud's,
belonging to Dudley.
Dude,
(sl) US - cool guy.
Dud's duds were duds, he was no dude.
Duly,
in due time.
Dully
not brightly.
Dumb bell,
exercise weight.
Dumb belle,
stupid girl.
The dumb belle couldn't lift the dumb bell.
Dummy,
(sl) person without speech.
Dummy,
wooden ventriloquist's doll; not the doll of
a timber voice thrower.
Dummy,
hand in whist, cards.
Dummy,
teat for baby's bottle.
Dummy,
unreal.
Dummy,
dressmaker's mannequin.
Dummy,
stupid person.
Dump,
deposit.
Dump,
unpleasant place.
This dump's a dump.
CHINESE WHISKERS
Dagos,
(sl) people of Latin origin.
Day goes,
into night.
As day goes into night the dagos will slip away.
Damp, bleak an` cold.
English Climate.
Damn bleedin` cold.
Ditto.
Damp pants.
Damn ants.
Denise,
girl`s name.
De knees,
lower joints of which de elbows are the upper.
Detective,
investigator.
Defective,
lacking.
The detective was defective.
Discussed int'pub,
spoken about in the hostelry.
Disgustin' pub,
dreadful hostelry.
Disgusting,
ceased windy weather?
Lack of gusto,
pleasure.
Do my back in,
injure my back, slip a disc.
Do my banking,
pay in some cash at the local branch.
Diner's Sauce - Dinosaurs - Dino saw us.
Dyak hut,
native dwelling.
Dire cut,
mortal wound.
Denial,
refusal.
DeNile,
river in Africa.
MALAPROPISMS
Doggy bags,
restaurant waste containers.
Baggy dogs,
less than healthy canines.
Decaffinated coffee.
Decapitated coffee.
Dorville & Teen,
eye skaters.
ODDS
Daughter, pronounced "dorter", not "dafter" like laughter.
Dilate,
and live longer.
Dai late,
tardy Welsh poet.
DINKS,
double income, no kids.
Dismantle, to undo, is used much more than "mantle".
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Why should dormant canines be allowed to
perpetrate untruths?
Dressing up,
putting on one's finery.
Dressing down,
being reprimanded, told off.
Drop a line,
send you a message.
Duff,
something malfunctioning.
Duff up,
to give a good thumping.
Plum duff,
suet pudding.
Duff Cooper,
Minister who revealed the BEF withdrawal plan WWI.
In the case of the latter two, something a bit thick.
Dutch courage,
from Dutch gin.
Dutch treat,
sharing the cost. But why?
Dutch uncle,
stern but kindly advisor.
Dutch cap,
female contraceptive.
Dutch (my old),
music-hall song, partner, wife ,husband.
DV8,
deviate – to altar direction.
DESCRIPTIONS
Bread Knife,
description of use.
Motor Car,
description of use.
Automobile,
invented word.
Pen Knife,
description of use.
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