Oneliners.
"Yes sir," was the answer. "I'm thankful to say that I've outlived them all."
Aussie saying.
Built like a streak of pelican shit = Very tallArchaic word
semblant = outward showBrewer's Phrase & Fable
Plus Ultra = The motto in the royal arms of Spain. It was once Ne plus ultra, in allusion to the pillars of Hercules, the ne plus ultra of the world; but after the discovery of America, and when Charles V. inherited the crown of Aragon and Castile, with all the vast American possessions, he struck out ne, and assumed the words plus ultra for the national motto, as much as to say Spain and the plus ultra country.Difficult words
kyrie eleison - n. 'Lord, have mercy'; words from the Mass often set to music.Limerick
Exclaimed a young girl in Kildare, As her lover's jock towered in air, "If that goes in me I Shall certainly die - As I shall if it does not go there."Knowledge
Youghala seaport in co. Cork, on the estuary of Blackwater, 27 m. E. of Cork; has some structures of interest, and exports chiefly agricultural produce.Quote
Gentlemen by Rebecca West - He is every other inch a gentleman.Tongue twister
He threw three free throws.Unusual word
roseate = resembling a rose; overly optimistic