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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