How well do you know your dictionary?? Day 1

Ort
Noun (awrt)

Meaning: a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. Usually, orts

Quotes

... the poor thought that the rich were entirely in the right of it to lead a jolly life; besides, their feasting caused a multiplication of orts, which were the heirlooms of the poor. -- George Eliot, Silas Marner, 1861

ORIGIN

Ort entered English in the 1400s. Low German ort and early Dutch oorete are cognates Throttlebottom Noun (THROT-l-bot-uh m) Meaning: (sometimes lowercase) a harmless incompetent in public office Quotes If there was one function that any vice president, even a Throttlebottom, could be expected to perform it was to represent the president and the country at funerals of notables abroad. -- Carl Solberg, Hubert Humphrey: A Biography, 1984 ORIGIN The term Throttlebottom was formed after the character Alexander Throttlebottom in the musical comedy Of Thee I Sing (1932)