The Captain Keith Handscomb was the occupant of that ejector seat and the only survivor; his narrow escape was by just being able to reach the seat panhandle with his third and fourth fingers of his left hand.

Painting was then at its lowest ebb.

Meronyms: pole-guard, pole-hook, pole-hound, pole-pad, pole-pin, pole-pin-strap, pole-plate, pole-ring, pole-screen, pole-socket, pole-stop, pole-strap

We were seated over a bottle of moselle when Tommy Earp entered and stood, rather pelicanish, looking dumbfounded with shyness as only Tommy can look.