tv. to die and become an angel. : I'm not ready to sprout wings yet. I've got a few more years.
tv. to be so good as to become an angel. : The kid is not about to sprout wings, but he probably won't get into jail again.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Sprout wingsis always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
