used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
Banbury
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From this reading Now Tom the Piper's Son may take the roast pig and Mary may pass the Banbury cross buns.
beannounUS /biːn/
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
bunsnounUS /bʌnz/
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading Now Tom the Piper's Son may take the roast pig and Mary may pass the Banbury cross buns.
butternounUS /ˈbʌtər/
an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading _Mother Goose._ Now I must have some children to help me.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
travel across or pass over
From this reading Now Tom the Piper's Son may take the roast pig and Mary may pass the Banbury cross buns.
curdsnounUS /kɜːrdz/
plural of “curd” — a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd
From this reading _Miss Muffet._ Dear Mother Goose, may I pass the curds and whey?
dearly loved
From this reading _Miss Muffet._ Dear Mother Goose, may I pass the curds and whey?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading _Mother Goose._ That's my good Jack.
GoosenounUS /ɡuːs/
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading _Mother Goose._ Now I must have some children to help me.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Mother Goose._ Now I must have some children to help me.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading _Mother Goose._ Now I must have some children to help me.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Mother Goose._ Now I must have some children to help me.
I'll
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From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
a small worthless amount
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading Now Tom the Piper's Son may take the roast pig and Mary may pass the Banbury cross buns.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Now Tom the Piper's Son may take the roast pig and Mary may pass the Banbury cross buns.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Mother Goose._ Now I must have some children to help me.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading _Miss Muffet._ Dear Mother Goose, may I pass the curds and whey?
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading _Mother Goose._ Now I must have some children to help me.
Muffet
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From this reading _Miss Muffet._ Dear Mother Goose, may I pass the curds and whey?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading _Mother Goose._ Now I must have some children to help me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Mother Goose._ That's my good Jack.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading _Mother Goose._ Now I must have some children to help me.
go across or through
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
pignounUS /pɪɡ/
domestic swine
From this reading Now Tom the Piper's Son may take the roast pig and Mary may pass the Banbury cross buns.
Piper's
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From this reading Now Tom the Piper's Son may take the roast pig and Mary may pass the Banbury cross buns.
porridgenounUS /ˈpɔːrədʒ/
soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
roastverbUS /roʊst/
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
From this reading Now Tom the Piper's Son may take the roast pig and Mary may pass the Banbury cross buns.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading _Mother Goose._ Now I must have some children to help me.
a male human offspring
From this reading Now Tom the Piper's Son may take the roast pig and Mary may pass the Banbury cross buns.
carry out
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
That's
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From this reading _Mother Goose._ That's my good Jack.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Mother Goose._ Now I must have some children to help me.
male cat
From this reading Now Tom the Piper's Son may take the roast pig and Mary may pass the Banbury cross buns.
Tommy
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From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
TuckernounUS /ˈtʌkər/
United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
wheynounUS /weɪ/
the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese
From this reading _Miss Muffet._ Dear Mother Goose, may I pass the curds and whey?
a Caucasian
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Jack Goose._ I'll take the bean porridge hot and bean porridge cold, mother, and Tommy Tucker can go with me and pass the white bread and butter.