A law that reduces the penalty for voluntary sexual intercourse that would otherwise be statutory rape, typically where the age gap between the participants is no more than a few years.

plural of root-and-brancher

To let one's hair down, especially on the part of a man who is very straight-laced.

(historical) A member of the English Independents, who advocated local congregational control of religious and church matters, without any wider ecclesiastical or political hierarchy.

The edible young leaves of the hawthorn.

plural of Banbury story of a cock and a bull

Alternative form of Banbury story of a cock and a bull.

plural of Banbury story of a cock and bull (alternative form of Banbury stories of a cock and a bull).

The figure 1,001. / A great many; numerous.

continually improving