The Foolish Dictionary Words starting with P

PLUMBER : One who ascertains the capacity of your purse, soaks you with a piece of lead and gets away with the money--a process vulgarly known as "a lead-pipe cinch."
POLE-CAT : A small animal to be killed with a pole, the longer the pole the better.
POLICEMAN : A never present help in time of trouble.
POLYGAMY : A thoughtless way of increasing the family expenses.
POLYGLOT : A parrot that can swear in several languages.

POSTSCRIPT : The only thing readable in a woman's letter.
PRETZEL : The bar-keeper's promoter.
PRO and CON : Prefixes of opposite meaning. For example, Progress and Congress.
PROTECTION : Originally, the swaddling clothes of the infant, Industry; now, merely the shoe-lacings for the giant, Monopoly.
PRUDE : A native of Boston.

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