Pop,
carbonated soft drink, probably from the
sound made when the stopper is removed.
Pop,
diminutive for father, from Papa?
Pop,
popular; music, art, records.
Pop,
go. Pop in, pop out.
Pop,
noise, often apparently made by weasels!
A weasel was a slang term for a tailor's flat
iron, and to pop the weasel was either
to spit on the iron to see if it was hot enough to
use, or, put the iron in hock or pawn.
Pop,
protrude; popeye.
Poser,
conundrum.
Poser,
one who poses.
Poseur,
as above, but affected.
Post,
after. (postwar)
Post,
mail, letters.
Post,
wooden stake.
Post,
place, position.
The postman collected the post from
its post on the post, post meridian.
Pot,
vessel.
Pot, Pohl,
Vietnam military.
Pot,
(sl) belly.
Pot,
(sl) cannabis.
Pot,
stake in game of chance.
Pot,
container.
Pound,
coin, note.
Pound,
enclosure.
Pound,
to beat or crush.
If you don't pay me a pound to get
the cow out of the pound, I'll pound you.
Pounds off ladies wear. Pounds off ladies? Where?
Pray,
request, beseach.
Prey,
live targe.
I pray that he misses his prey.
Prayed,
(pt) to pray.
Praed,
a street in London where Alexander Fleming invented penicillin.
Precedent,
an example.
Presidents,
heads of state.
Precedence,
order of importance.
As a precedent, Presidents take precedence.
Present,
now.
Present,
gift.
Present,
I am here.
Present,
introduction.
Presence,
attending.
Presenter,
master of ceremonies.
Precentor,
hymn singer.
Prescient,
preknowledge.
The present prescient presenter presented, in the
presence of the king, the present to the precentor,
who answered "Present".
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