Which came first, orange the color or orange the fruit? And what’s a busman’s holiday? Martha and Grant talk about bumbershoots, brollies, nursery rhymes, and alternatives to the word unicycle. Plus, an app-inspired quiz, favorite oxymorons, and the...
Busman’s holiday is time off spent doing something closely related to one’s work, not necessarily clocking in on a day off. Tracy in Pleasanton, California, remembers using it to describe her father, who worked for TWA at San Francisco airport and...
We’ve been a little quiet because we didn’t want to start making the fire before the logs were stacked, but the news can now be told: A Way with Words is alive! That’s right: the show will continue, new episodes are already in production, and...
postman’s holiday
n.— «One weekend Dave took a postman’s holiday to watch a herding dog trial.» —by James B. Spencer Training Retrievers for the Marshes and Meadows May, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
postman’s holiday
n.— «Postman’s Holiday (Le facteur en ballade) Ragtime» —by Ezra Read Postman’s Holiday (Le facteur en ballade) (London, United Kingdom) , 1901-1920. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
postman’s holiday n.— «He is still busy with his life work, which is the promotion of American shipping. He does take a vacation now and then, but it is like the postman’s holiday. He takes it on a ship.» —“Dean of Shipping” San Mateo Times and...
