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Main Entry: watch cap
Function: noun
Date: 1835
: a knitted close-fitting usually navy-blue cap worn especially by enlisted men in the United States Navy in cold or stormy weather
If you ever served in the Navy, Marines, Coast Guard or Merchant Marine it's a watch cap. You ask your Chief if you can wear your toboggan or beanie, you may find yourself walking around with a chunk of wood or a can of beans on your head.
Civilians may use:
Main Entry: 1to·bog·gan
Pronunciation: \tə-ˈbä-gən\
Function: noun
Etymology: Canadian French tobogan, of Algonquian origin; akin to Micmac tobâgun drag made of skin
Date: circa 1820
1 : a long flat-bottomed light sled made usually of thin boards curved up at one end with usually low handrails at the sides
2 : a downward course or a sharp decline
3 chiefly Southern & Midland : stocking cap
2 : a downward course or a sharp decline
3 chiefly Southern & Midland : stocking cap
Main Entry: bean·ie
Pronunciation: \ˈbē-nē\
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from 1bean (head) + -ie
Date: 1904
: a small round tight-fitting skullcap
If you're wearing a woolybooger, you should start taking off your mittens before you pick your nose.
2 comments:
I guess it's just as well 'head condom' wasn't on the list...
Looks like there's more changes in store for the house that Johnny [|Carson] built.
Although overall I prefer Leno to Letterman, Jay began losing momentum after the writers' strike, long before the time shift. Wouldn't hurt my feelings if Conan left the network and Jay gets the whole 10:35 hour slot back, but Leno still would have lots of rebuilding to do to get back to peak form.
I still miss Carson, though. Guess my age is showing.
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