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One-syllable rhymes

  • bran — Bran is the outer skin of grain that is left when the grain has been used to make flour.
  • bruhnErik (Belton Evers) 1928–86, Danish ballet dancer.
  • brunn — German name of Brno.
  • bun — Buns are small bread rolls. They are sometimes sweet and may contain dried fruit or spices.
  • bunn — bun1 (def 1).
  • c1 — a person whose job is supervisory or clerical, or who works in junior management
  • caen — an industrial city in NW France. Pop: 112 790 (2008)
  • can — You use can when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something which people may make use of if they want to.
  • cannes — a port and resort in SE France: developed in the 19th century from a fishing village; annual film festival. Pop: 72 939 (2008)
  • cat — A cat is a furry animal that has a long tail and sharp claws. Cats are often kept as pets.
  • chan — Zen (def 1).
  • chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
  • clan — A clan is a group which consists of families that are related to each other.
  • dam — A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake.
  • damn — Damn, damn it, and dammit are used by some people to express anger or impatience.
  • dan — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
  • done — past participle of do1 .
  • donneJohn, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
  • dun — to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
  • dunne — Finley Peter [fin-lee] /ˈfɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, U.S. humorist.
  • fan — an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
  • flan — Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
  • franFrancis Asbury ("Fran") born 1940, U.S. football player.
  • fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
  • gan — simple past tense of gin3 .
  • gran — grandmother.
  • gun — Also called gin rummy. a variety of rummy for two players, in which a player with 10 or fewer points in unmatched cards can end the game by laying down the hand.
  • gunn — Thom(son William). 1929–2004, British poet who lived in the USA. His works include Fighting Terms (1954), My Sad Captains (1961), Jack Straw's Castle (1976), The Man with the Night Sweats (1992), and Boss Cupid (2000)
  • had — simple past tense and past participle of have.
  • ham — the second son of Noah, Gen. 10:1.
  • han — a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion. Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
  • hand — Learned [lur-nid] /ˈlɜr nɪd/ (Show IPA), 1872–1961, U.S. jurist.
  • have — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • hon — honey (def 6).
  • hun — a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
  • jam — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
  • jan — a male given name, form of John.
  • jan. — January
  • joanne — a female given name.
  • jun — chon (def 1).
  • klan — Ku Klux Klan.
  • kun — Béla [bey-lo] /ˈbeɪ lɒ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1937, Hungarian Communist leader.
  • lan — a system for linking private telecommunications equipment, as in a building or cluster of buildings.
  • landEdwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
  • m1 — a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
  • man — Unix manual page
  • mannHeinrich [hahyn-rik;; German hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪk;; German ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1950, German novelist and dramatist, in the U.S. after 1940 (brother of Thomas Mann).
  • mun — (dialect, Northern English, modal auxiliary, defective) Must.
  • nan — Not-a-Number
  • none — to no extent; in no way; not at all: The supply is none too great.
  • nun — the 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
  • nunn — Sir Trevor (Robert). born 1940, British theatre director; artistic director (1968–86) and chief executive (1968–86) of the Royal Shakespeare Company; artistic director of the Royal National Theatre (1997–2003). His productions include Nicholas Nickleby (1980), Cats (1981), and Les Misérables (1985)
  • on — so as to be or remain supported by or suspended from: Put your package down on the table; Hang your coat on the hook.
  • one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
  • pan — an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.
  • plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
  • pun — the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
  • quean — an overly forward, impudent woman; shrew; hussy.
  • ran — simple past tense of run.
  • run — execution
  • sam — System Account Manager
  • san — Storage Area Network
  • sandGeorge [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant) 1804–76, French novelist.
  • scan — to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
  • shan — a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
  • shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
  • son — a male child or person in relation to his parents.
  • span — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
  • spun — a simple past tense and past participle of spin.
  • stan — a male given name, form of Stanley.
  • stand — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • stun — to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc.: The blow to his jaw stunned him for a moment.
  • sun — (often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
  • tan — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
  • than — in relation to; by comparison with (usually followed by a pronoun in the objective case): He is a person than whom I can imagine no one more courteous.
  • that — (used with adjectives and adverbs of quantity or extent) to the extent or degree indicated: that much; The fish was that big.
  • thun — a city in central Switzerland, on the Aar River, near the Lake of Thun.
  • ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
  • tonne — metric ton.
  • un — The UN is the same as the United Nations.
  • van — Value Added Network
  • wan — of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed.
  • won — simple past tense and past participle of win1 .
  • ab — In some American universities, an AB is the same as a BA.
  • ad — You use AD in dates to indicate the number of years or centuries that have passed since the year in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born. Compare BC.
  • ahn — Eye dialect of on.
  • al — Albania
  • am — AM is a method of transmitting radio waves that can be used to broadcast sound. AM is an abbreviation for 'amplitude modulation'.
  • ane — one
  • ann — a common girl's name
  • anne — Princess, the Princess Royal. born 1950, daughter of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; a noted horsewoman and president of the Save the Children Fund
  • ant — Ants are small crawling insects that live in large groups.
  • as — If something happens as something else happens, it happens at the same time.
  • at — You use at to indicate the place or event where something happens or is situated.
  • back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
  • ban — To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
  • band — A band is a small group of musicians who play popular music such as jazz, rock, or pop.

Four-or-more syllable rhymes

  • installment plan — a system for paying for an item in fixed amounts at specified intervals.
  • in the long run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • medicine man — (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a person believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; shaman.
  • neanderthal man — a member of an extinct subspecies of powerful, physically robust humans, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, that inhabited Europe and western and central Asia c100,000–40,000 b.c.
  • property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
  • remittance man — a person who is supported abroad chiefly by remittances from home.
  • renaissance man — a cultured man of the Renaissance who was knowledgeable, educated, or proficient in a wide range of fields.
  • rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • watering can — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
  • alluvial fan — a fan-shaped accumulation of silt, sand, gravel, and boulders deposited by fast-flowing mountain rivers when they reach flatter land
  • attention span — the period of time during which someone's attention is held by something in particular
  • azerbaijan — a republic in NW Asia: the region was acquired by Russia from Persia in the early 19th century; became the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936 and gained independence in 1991; consists of dry subtropical steppes around the Aras and Kura rivers, surrounded by the Caucasus; contains the extensive Baku oilfields. Language: Azerbaijani (or Azeri). Religion: Shiite Muslim. Currency: manat. Capital: Baku. Pop: 9 590 159 (2013 est). Area: 86 600 sq km (33 430 sq miles)
  • catamaran — A catamaran is a sailing boat with two parallel hulls that are held in place by a single deck.
  • cinnamon bun — a honey bun flavored with cinnamon and often containing raisins.
  • commission plan — (in the US) a system of municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in a commission of five or six elected members
  • company man — an employee who puts allegiance to the company for which he works above personal opinion or friendship
  • confidence man — A confidence man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
  • customer's man — registered representative.
  • family man — a man who has a spouse and one or more children.
  • favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
  • government man — (in the 19th century) a convict
  • heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.

Four-or-more syllable rhymes

  • american plan — a hotel rate in which the charge includes meals
  • delivery van — a small van used esp for delivery rounds
  • retirement plan — a systematic plan made and kept by an individual for setting aside income for his or her future retirement.
  • utility man — a worker expected to serve in any capacity when called on.

Four-or-more syllable rhymes

  • organization man — a person who subordinates his personal life to the demands of the organization he works for
  • thompson submachine gun — a portable, .45-caliber, automatic weapon designed to be fired from the shoulder or hip.

Four-or-more syllable rhymes

  • modified american plan — (in hotels) a system of paying a single fixed rate that covers room, breakfast, and one other meal, usually dinner. Abbreviation: MAP.

Two-syllable rhymes

  • air gun — a gun operated by means of compressed air
  • anna — a former Indian copper coin, worth one sixteenth of a rupee
  • annie — a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
  • battle plan — the strategy to be used in a military engagement.
  • began — Began is the past tense of begin.
  • begun — Begun is the past participle of begin.
  • best man — The best man at a wedding is the man who assists the bridegroom.
  • bhutan — a kingdom in central Asia: disputed by Tibet, China, India, and Britain since the 18th century but most closely connected with India; contains inaccessible stretches of the E Himalayas in the north. Official language: Dzongka; Nepali is also spoken. Official religion: Mahayana Buddhist. Currencies: ngultrum and Indian rupee. Capital: Thimbu. Pop: 725 296 (2013 est). Area: about 46 600 sq km (18 000 sq miles)
  • bon ton — sophisticated manners or breeding
  • bren gun — an air-cooled gas-operated light machine gun taking .303 calibre ammunition: used by British and Commonwealth forces in World War II
  • bull run — small stream in NE Va.: site of two Civil War battles (1861 & 1862) in which Union forces were defeated
  • burp gun — an automatic pistol or submachine gun
  • canal — A canal is a long, narrow stretch of water that has been made for boats to travel along or to bring water to a particular area.
  • cave man — a prehistoric human being of the Stone Age who lived in caves
  • cezanne — Paul (pɔl). 1839–1906, French postimpressionist painter, who was a major influence on modern art, esp cubism, in stressing the structural elements latent in nature, such as the sphere and the cone
  • command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
  • con man — A con man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
  • crayon — A crayon is a pencil containing coloured wax or clay, or a rod of coloured wax used for drawing.
  • cruzan — a native or inhabitant of St. Croix.
  • cyan — a highly saturated green-blue that is the complementary colour of red and forms, with magenta and yellow, a set of primary colours
  • danny — the hand (used esp when addressing children)
  • demand — If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
  • diane — a feminine name: dim. Di; var. Dianne
  • divan — a sofa or couch, usually without arms or back, often usable as a bed.
  • doran — an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
  • drip pan — a shallow metal pan used under roasting meat to receive the drippings.
  • dry run — a rehearsal or practice exercise.
  • duranRoberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
  • earned run — a run yielded by a pitcher in which no error by the pitcher or the pitcher's teammates and no passed ball by the catcher was involved.
  • fanny — the buttocks.
  • fast one — a shrewd action, especially when unscrupulous or dishonest; an unfair trick, deceitful practice, dishonest dealing, etc.: He pulled a fast one on me by paying me with a worthless check.
  • floor plan — a diagram of one room, apartment, or entire floor of a building, usually drawn to scale.
  • front man — a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group.
  • game plan — a carefully thought-out strategy or course of action, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs.
  • gross ton — the total volume of a vessel, expressed in units of 100 cubic feet (gross ton) with certain open structures, deckhouses, tanks, etc., exempted.
  • ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
  • harpin — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
  • hassan — 1929–1999, king of Morocco 1961–99.
  • hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
  • hit man — a hired killer, especially a professional killer from the underworld.
  • home run — Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases.
  • iran — a republic in SW Asia. About 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Capital: Teheran.
  • japan — a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Capital: Tokyo. Japanese Nihon, Nippon.
  • jourdan — Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), Count, 1762–1833, French marshal.
  • koran — the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
  • lausanne — a canton in W Switzerland. 1239 sq. mi. (3210 sq. km). Capital: Lausanne.
  • less than — to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact.
  • long run — happening or presented over a long period of time or having a long course of performances: a long-run hit play.
  • long ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
  • loved one — a close or cherished relation: to mourn the loss of our loved ones.
  • lucianne — a female given name.
  • maryann — a female given name.
  • mcmahon — Sir William. 1908–88, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1971–72)
  • mean sun — an imaginary sun moving uniformly in the celestial equator and taking the same time to make its annual circuit as the true sun does in the ecliptic.
  • milan — an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
  • mock sun — parhelion.
  • moulin — a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.
  • net ton — Also called net register ton. Nautical. one gross ton registered as taxable.
  • old man — a father, usually one's own: His old man's letting him have the car for the prom.
  • omanSultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
  • oran — a seaport in NW Algeria.
  • outdone — to surpass in execution or performance: The cook outdid himself last night.
  • outman — to surpass in manpower.
  • outran — simple past tense of outrun.
  • outrun — to run faster or farther than.
  • pecan — a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
  • petain — Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
  • point man — the lead soldier of an infantry patrol on combat operations.
  • quran — Koran.
  • rattan — Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
  • red man — a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.
  • redone — to do again; repeat.
  • rerun — to run again.
  • rodin — (François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
  • romance — Music. a short, simple melody, vocal or instrumental, of tender character.
  • rosanne — a female given name.
  • roxanne — a female given name.
  • saran — a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
  • sea fan — any of certain anthozoans, especially Gorgonia flabellum, of the West Indies, in which the colony assumes a fanlike form.
  • sedan — a city in NE France, on the Meuse River: defeat and capture of Napoleon III 1870.
  • short ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
  • ski run — a trail, slope, course, or the like, used for skiing.
  • spokane — a city in E Washington.
  • spray can — a small can whose contents are in aerosol form. Compare aerosol bomb.
  • spray gun — a device consisting of a container from which paint or other liquid is sprayed through a nozzle by air pressure from a pump.
  • straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
  • straw man — a mass of straw formed to resemble a man, as for a doll or scarecrow.
  • stunt man — a man who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
  • sudan — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
  • susanne — a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
  • suzanne — a female given name, French form of Susanna or Susannah.
  • tien shan — a mountain range in central Asia, in China and Kirghizia. Highest peak, Pobeda Peak, 24,406 feet (7439 meters).
  • tin can — can2 (def 1).
  • trash can — a container for the disposal of dry waste matter.
  • undone — brought to destruction or ruin.
  • wild man — a person who is uncivilized; a savage.
  • won ton — (in Chinese cooking) a dumpling filled with minced pork and spices, usually boiled in and served with soup but sometimes fried as a side dish.
  • young man — a male in early manhood.
  • yuan — the Mongol dynasty in China, 1260–1368, founded by Kublai Khan.
  • zip gun — a homemade pistol, typically consisting of a metal tube taped to a wooden stock and firing a .22-caliber bullet.

Three-syllable rhymes

  • ariane — Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
  • better than — superior to
  • bofors gun — an automatic single- or double-barrelled anti-aircraft gun with a 40 millimetre bore
  • chicken run — the departure of white residents from South Africa
  • conjure man — (in the southern U.S. and the West Indies) a conjurer; witch doctor.
  • fancy man — a woman's lover.
  • french sudan — former name of Mali.
  • garbage can — a container, usually of metal or plastic, for the disposal of waste matter, especially kitchen refuse.
  • gatling gun — an early type of machine gun consisting of a revolving cluster of barrels around a central axis, each barrel being automatically loaded and fired every revolution of the cluster.
  • georgann — a female given name.
  • harmattan — (on the west coast of Africa) a dry, parching land breeze, charged with dust.
  • harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
  • hatchet man — a professional murderer.
  • holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
  • honey bun — Also called sticky bun. a sweet spiral-shaped bun, usually with cinnamon, raisins, and nuts, coated with honey or butter and brown sugar.
  • hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
  • isle of manIsle of, an island of the British Isles, in the Irish Sea. 227 sq. mi. (588 sq. km). Capital: Douglas.
  • java man — the fossil remains of Homo erectus found in Java.
  • kazakhstan — a republic in central Asia, NE of the Caspian Sea and W of China. 1,049,155 sq. mi. (2,717,311 sq. km). Capital: Akmola.
  • ku klux klan — U.S. History. a secret hate group in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired rights of black people and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings.
  • ladies' man — a man who strives especially to please women and to attract their attention and admiration.
  • leading man — an actor who plays the principal male role in a motion picture or play.
  • luggage van — a railway carriage used to transport passengers' luggage, bicycles, etc
  • macmahon — Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice [ma-ree ed-mey pa-trees moh-rees] /maˈri ˈɛd meɪ paˈtris moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), Count de (Duke of Magenta) 1808–93, president of France 1873–79.
  • marianne — the French Republic, personified as a woman.
  • metric ton — a unit of 1000 kilograms, equivalent to 2204.62 avoirdupois pounds.
  • midnight sun — the sun visible at midnight in mid-summer in arctic and antarctic regions.
  • minivan — a small passenger van, somewhat larger than a station wagon, typically with side or rear windows and rear seats that can be removed for hauling small loads.
  • minute gun — a cannon fired at intervals of a minute, especially as a signal of distress or in a military funeral ceremony.
  • miracle man — a person who performs or appears to perform miracles.
  • montanaJoseph, Jr ("Joe") born 1956, U.S. football player.
  • moving van — a large truck or trailer used for transporting furnishings from one residence or office to another.
  • muffin man — (formerly) an itinerant seller of muffins
  • number one — oneself, especially one's own well-being or interests: to look out for number one.
  • one by one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
  • other than — additional or further: he and one other person.
  • overdone — past participle of overdo.
  • overran — simple past tense of overrun.
  • party man — a person belonging to a political party, especially one who adheres strictly or blindly to its principles and policies.
  • peking man — the skeletal remains of Homo erectus, formerly classified as Sinanthropus pekinensis, found at Zhoukoudian, near Peking, China, in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II.
  • pension plan — a systematic plan created and maintained, as by a corporation, to make regular payments of benefits to retired or disabled employees, either on a contributory or a noncontributory basis.
  • peter pan — the hero of Sir James M. Barrie's play about a boy who never grew up.
  • piano — a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
  • piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
  • quaker gun — a dummy gun, as on a ship or fort: so called in allusion to the Quakers' opposition to war.
  • sally lunn — a slightly sweetened teacake served hot with butter.
  • solo man — an early human being of the upper Pleistocene, known from skull fragments found in Java.
  • sticky bun — honey bun (def 1).
  • terrebonne — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
  • tommy gun — Thompson submachine gun.
  • traffic jam — jam1 (def 16).
  • understand — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
  • unearned run — a run scored as the result of defensive errors.
  • warming pan — a long-handled, covered pan, usually of brass, filled with live coals or hot water for warming a cold bed.
  • water gun — water pistol.
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