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21drop by — verb visit informally and spontaneously (Freq. 1) We frequently drop by the neighbors house for a cup of coffee • Syn: ↑drop in, ↑come by • Hypernyms: ↑visit, ↑call in, ↑call …
22Late Night with Conan O'Brien — For Conan O Brien s subsequent program, see The Tonight Show with Conan O Brien. For Conan O Brien s current program, see Conan (TV series). Late Night with Conan O Brien The HDTV intertitle of Late Night Format …
23Drop-leaf table — A drop leaf table is a table that has a fixed section in the center and a hinged section (leaf) on either side that can be folded down (dropped). If the leaf is supported by a bracket when folded up, the table is simply a drop leaf table; if the… …
24Late Ordovician — The Late Ordovician, also called the Upper Ordovician by geologists, is the third epoch of the Ordovician period.At this time Western and Central Europe and North America collided to form Laurentia, while glaciers built up in Gondwana, which was… …
25Drop dead date — In trade and contract law, a drop dead date is a provision added to a legal or trade act, such as a contract or a court order. Such a provision sets a last delay date (hence the name drop dead date) past which certain consequences will… …
26drop-leaf table — ▪ furniture table with one or two hinged leaves supported by articulated legs, arms, or brackets. An early 17th century form is the gateleg table, which was followed by two later English forms the Pembroke table and its more elongated version,… …
27drop one's daks — vb Australian to take off one s trousers. An Australian ism (Daks is a trademark for a brand of casual slacks especially popular in the early 1960s in Britain and Australia). A catchphrase from The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, the cartoon strip… …
28drop-out — n someone who has opted out of society. In this sense the word and the concept date from the late 1960s when hippies renounced capitalism, the education sys tem, etc. to form an alternative society . The term was quickly picked up by the press… …
29drop off the twig — vb to die. A lighthearted expression in vogue in Britain since the late 1980s. Bird imagery features in several colourful, pre dominantly working class phrases in Brit ish colloquial use, such as sick as a parrot or rattle someone s cage …
30Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin powered variants) — Infobox Aircraft name =Spitfire type =Fighter manufacturer =Supermarine caption =Supermarine Spitfire VIII in the markings of 457(RAAF) Sqn designer =R. J. Mitchell first flight =5 March 1936 introduction =1938 retired =1955, RAF status = primary …
