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Alternative Meaning Examples
Subject: Literacy
Age Range: 7 to 11
explain - eggs cooked without any trimmings piccalilli - pluck an exotic flower jabber - prod the lady
history - boy's explanation for being late for school gruesome - past tense of grow some paradise - two dotted cubes for throwing numbers in games
pepper - what you write on humbug - insect that makes a droning sound intent - camping
capsize - how large a hat you wear meander - myself and my girl friend hyacinth - familiar greeting for Cynthia


All examples taken from Professor Branestawm's Dictionary, by Norman Hunter


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