nut-cutting time »
Time to gather nuts before they are taken by other animals or buried in snow.
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odd and curious »
A way to designate special coins, namely coins that are both odd and imperfect or seriously damaged.
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off the chain »
Free from work or direct supervision. In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line.
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oil burner »
A device whose operation causes apparent combustion of lubricating oil.
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Old Fart »
An elderly person who holds views that are considered old-fashioned.
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old habits die hard »
Existing habits are hard to change.
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on sufferance »
Unwillingly agreed to or barely tolerated.
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on the clock »
Of a taxicab, engaged for hire; displayed numerically as time or fare on the meter of a taxicab.
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on the defensive »
Prepared to defend or protect against criticism, attack or aggression.
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on the face of it »
Apparently; as far as can be seen or determined.
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on the square »
"Are you on the square?".
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on the square »
A discrete, unassuming reference to freemasonry.
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on the square »
Honest and open.
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on tiptoe »
Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily.
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once in a blue moon »
Very rarely; very infrequently.
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