Scottish Daily Mail

WORD WIZARDRY

-

GUESS THE DEFINITION: Ducussate (1750)

A) To behead. B) To pull one’s hair. C) To cross two things, forming the shape of an X.

Answer below

PHRASE EXPLAINED

Keep your eyes peeled — meaning stay vigilant, it dates back to the 1820s when Sir Robert Peel establishe­d the first organised police force in Britain and the officers became known as ‘peelers’ or ‘bobbies’.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United Kingdom