Used to indicate the most remarkable example of its kind in recent history.

(theater) Sound effects produced offstage. / (by extension) Something occurring on the margins or periphery of a given event, situation etc.

plural of dative of purpose

Alternative form of rickle o' banes

plural of bag of bones

Alternative form of rickle o' banes

(sports, jargon) A group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament.

(idiomatic, informal) To berate. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take off, head.

Don't touch a plant with a cluster of three leaves because it might be poison ivy or poison oak.

plural of bird of passage