The reinforcing wire has to wrapped in tension to be effective ins trengthening the main part.

That word is bezzle. It describes the period in which an embezzler has stolen a man's money but the victim does not yet realize he's been swindled.

Steal the pavlova if you must, but only an April Fool would deem the lamington a Kiwi import.

One could see part of the dimly lit court where under an enclosed poplar two soldiers on a stone bench were playing lansquenet.