walkshed n. the area that can be conveniently reached on foot from a geographic point. Editorial Note: See note about “-shed” at viewshed. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
walkshed n. the area that can be conveniently reached on foot from a geographic point. Editorial Note: See note about “-shed” at viewshed. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
The phrase don’t worry, it’ll be a pig’s foot in the morning is meant to comfort or reassure a child who’s stubbed her toe or scraped her knee or suffered some other minor injury. This expression is especially common in...
Jacuzzi and silhouette are eponyms — that is, they derive from the names of people. An Italian immigrant to California invented the bubbly hot tub called a jacuzzi. And the word silhouette commemorates a penny-pinching treasury secretary who lasted...