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pi-jaw
pi-jaw, n. slang (now arch.). (ˈpaɪdʒɔː) [f. pi a. (n.) + jaw n.1] A pious lecture or exhortation, esp. one addressed to schoolboys or young persons by their teachers or parents. Hence ˈpi-jaw v. trans., to lecture or exhort; ˈpi-jawing vbl. n.1891 R. G. K. Wrench Winchester Word-bk. 31 He pi-jawed ... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. ˈupper, n.1 [From upper a.] 1. a. That part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt. Usu. pl.1789 G. Parker Life's Painter of Variegated Characters v. 36 If the top and leg of a jack-boot were joined to a dog-skin upper and a buff sole. 1845 J. Coulter Adv. in Pacific ix. 112 My shoes were..o... Oxford English Dictionary
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