Chapter I

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading LOWTHER ARCADE ON A RAINY DAY.

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

From this reading IN ONE ACT.

love intensely

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side

From this reading LOWTHER ARCADE ON A RAINY DAY.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

From this reading The Attic Story, Brother Ben, Who’s my Husband?

plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

a mountain or tall hill

From this reading The Attic Story, Brother Ben, Who’s my Husband?

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

the two together, not just one

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

eat an early morning meal

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading The Attic Story, Brother Ben, Who’s my Husband?

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading Slasher and Crasher, Old Honesty, &c._ LONDON.

assets available for use in the production of further assets

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

someone who composes music as a profession

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying

From this reading Slasher and Crasher, Old Honesty, &c._ LONDON.

the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading LOWTHER ARCADE ON A RAINY DAY.

a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

having a double bed

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

suitable to or characteristic of drama

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

the act of departing

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

the quality of being honest

From this reading Slasher and Crasher, Old Honesty, &c._ LONDON.

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading The Attic Story, Brother Ben, Who’s my Husband?

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading IN ONE ACT.

people of Ireland or of Irish extraction

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

possessive form of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading Slasher and Crasher, Old Honesty, &c._ LONDON.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading LOWTHER ARCADE ON A RAINY DAY.

be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Slasher and Crasher, Old Honesty, &c._ LONDON.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading LOWTHER ARCADE ON A RAINY DAY.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading IN ONE ACT.

the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

(of weather) wet by periods of rain

From this reading LOWTHER ARCADE ON A RAINY DAY.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

someone who slashes another person

From this reading Slasher and Crasher, Old Honesty, &c._ LONDON.

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading The Attic Story, Brother Ben, Who’s my Husband?

carry out

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

a fierce or audacious person

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

look attentively

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

which person or people

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

possessive form of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

in the company of; together with

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),_ _Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles, Who Stole the Pocket-book, Your Life’s in Danger, The Midnight Watch, Going to the Derby, Box and Cox, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Young England, The King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Double-Bedded Room, Wedding Breakfast, The Milliners’ Holiday, The Irish Tiger, Who’s the Composer, Who do they take me for?