The Foolish Dictionary Words starting with P

PRUDENCE : A quality of mind that restrains the wise boarder from trying to find out how his landlady makes her hash.
PRUDERY : A quality that displays a lack of modesty as a wig does a loss of hair.
PRUNE : A plum that has seen better days: the boarding-house veteran and the landlady's pet; badly wrinkled, yet well preserved.
PUGILIST : A close-fisted party who is often roped in but never gives up till he's out.
PULLMAN PORTER : A legalized train-robber.

PUNCH : A weekly obituary notice from London, chronicling the death of Humor.

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