DEVIOUS DEFINATIONS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXII, Issue I, 7 January 1899, Page 32

DEVIOUS DEFINATIONS.

Essay—A paragraph padded with words. Centurion —A cyclist who makes a century run. Heirloom—The trousers that are handed down from father to son. Quiet —About the hardest thing for a woman to keep in this world. Experience—The comb a man acquires after he loses his hair. Ultimatum —Something a woman is continually working off on her husband. Adversity—The only scale that gives the correct weight of our friends. Brave— The man who will stand within 20 feet of anything a woman throws at. Census —An elaborate compilation on which we base our guesses for the next, ten years. Salon—Said to be a union of intellect and fashion. An additional ‘o.’ however, knocks that definition silly.