What is the meaning of CORNISH DUCK. Phrases containing CORNISH DUCK
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n An unwarranted fee, such as one extorted from a new prisoner by a jailer.
Cornish pasties is British slang for a particular style of men's shoe with a moulded sole considered unfashionable.
Corgis is British slang for a couple of ghastly individuals.
Adj. Appetizing and tasty when applied to foods, but generally inducing a desire for more. E.g."Hmmmm, this bakewell tart is very moreish."
Cornish duck is British slang for a pilchard.
Oggie is British slang for a Cornish pasty.
Nine corns is British Lincolnshire slang for a pipeful of tobacco.
Garnish is slang for to extort money from.
adj provoking of further consumption. I once wrote that youÂ’d never find this word in a dictionary, but I had to change when someone pointed out to me that it was in the OED. I hate you all. It means something (usually food) which leads you to want more - Jaffa Cakes, Jelly Babies or dry roasted peanuts would be some good personal examples. ItÂ’s rather light-hearted; you wouldnÂ’t go around describing heroin as moreish, whether it is or not.
Corns and bunions is rhyming slang for onions.
Passenger train. Also called varnished shot, varnished job, varnished boxes, string of varnish, varnished wagons, etc. These nicknames are rarely applied to modern streamliners
Cornish pastie is London Cockney rhyming slang for attractive (tasty).
- Also spelt "moreish", this word is used to describe desserts in my house, when a single helping is simply not enough. You need more! It applies to anything - not just desserts.
Also spelt "moreish", this word is used to describe desserts in my house, when a single helping is simply not enough. You need more! It applies to anything - not just desserts.
Tiddy oggie is British slang for a Cornish pastie.
 codfish stomach
Blunt, surly, clownish.
Behaving stupidly.
Brace of horned corns is Black−American slang for aching feet
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v. t.
To furnish; to supply.
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida).
n.
A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.
n.
To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting.
a.
Somewhat like horn; hard.
v. t.
To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
n.
Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
a.
See Roynish.
n.
Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
n.
A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.
n.
A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid.
a.
Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.
v. i.
To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.
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To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt.
v. t.
To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.
n. & v.
Varnish.
a.
To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.
n.
The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.
a.
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
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That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance.
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