| p's and q's | |
| —pl n | |
| behaviour within social conventions; manners (esp in the phrase to mind one's p's and q's) | |
| [altered from p(lea)se and (than)k-you's] | |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |