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Tiddy oggie is British slang for a Cornish pastie.
Passenger train. Also called varnished shot, varnished job, varnished boxes, string of varnish, varnished wagons, etc. These nicknames are rarely applied to modern streamliners
n An unwarranted fee, such as one extorted from a new prisoner by a jailer.
Behaving stupidly.
Corns and bunions is rhyming slang for onions.
Corgis is British slang for a couple of ghastly individuals.
Brace of horned corns is Black−American slang for aching feet
Nine corns is British Lincolnshire slang for a pipeful of tobacco.
Cornish duck is British slang for a pilchard.
 codfish stomach
Cornish pastie is London Cockney rhyming slang for attractive (tasty).
Garnish is slang for to extort money from.
- Also spelt "moreish", this word is used to describe desserts in my house, when a single helping is simply not enough. You need more! It applies to anything - not just desserts.
Blunt, surly, clownish.
adj provoking of further consumption. I once wrote that youÂ’d never find this word in a dictionary, but I had to change when someone pointed out to me that it was in the OED. I hate you all. It means something (usually food) which leads you to want more - Jaffa Cakes, Jelly Babies or dry roasted peanuts would be some good personal examples. ItÂ’s rather light-hearted; you wouldnÂ’t go around describing heroin as moreish, whether it is or not.
Also spelt "moreish", this word is used to describe desserts in my house, when a single helping is simply not enough. You need more! It applies to anything - not just desserts.
Oggie is British slang for a Cornish pasty.
Adj. Appetizing and tasty when applied to foods, but generally inducing a desire for more. E.g."Hmmmm, this bakewell tart is very moreish."
Cornish pasties is British slang for a particular style of men's shoe with a moulded sole considered unfashionable.
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a.
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
n.
To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting.
n.
Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
n.
Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
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A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida).
n. & v.
Varnish.
a.
See Roynish.
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A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid.
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That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance.
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A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.
a.
Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.
v. t.
To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.
v. t.
To furnish; to supply.
a.
To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.
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The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.
v. i.
To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.
v. t.
To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
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Somewhat like horn; hard.
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To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt.
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