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noun
1.
a very close, intimate friend; comrade; chum.
2.
an accomplice.
verb (used without object)
3.
to associate as comrades or chums: to pal around with the kid next door.
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Pals
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Origin:
1675–85; < English Romany: brother, mate, dissimilated variant of continental Romany phral ≪ Sanskrit bhrātṛ brother
1675–85; < English Romany: brother, mate, dissimilated variant of continental Romany phral ≪ Sanskrit bhrātṛ brother
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noun
a special air service offered by the U.S. Postal Service for sending parcels from 5 to 30 pounds (2.3 to 13.5 kg) to overseas servicemen: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment plus $1 is charged. Compare SAM (def. 2).
Origin:
P(arcel) A(ir) L(ift)
P(arcel) A(ir) L(ift)
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Word Origin & History
pal
1681, from Romany (English Gypsy) pal "brother, comrade," variant of continental Romany pral, plal, phral, probably from Skt. bhrata "brother" (see brother).
EXPAND"Better late than never, Pal, is a saying applicable on the present occasion." [Lord Byron, 1807]The verb is first recorded 1879.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
pal definition[pæl]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| PALS pediatric advanced life support |
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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