Daily Word Quiz FLAVERS a) breeches; trousers b) the fingernails c) dried flowers d) drops from the tongue of a dog Answer below. Today's Featured Word KILL-POT NOUN one who drinks to excess, a hard drinker, a toper ...1616 ETYMOLOGY from kill (vb.) + pot FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1616 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...This Carol plays, and has been in his days A chirping boy, and a kill-pot: Kit Cobler it is, I'm a father of his, And he dwells in a lane called Fill-pot." From: The Masque of Christmas By: Ben Jonson, 1616 Daily Word Quiz Answer FLAVERS d) drops from the tongue of a dog ...19th-century Eng. dial.
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