The Dame in a Panto is generally a large, gregarious and out-going man who plays the part of a large, gregarious and out-going woman. […] Every successful actor who plays the part of Dame in Panto knows that the secret of his success is that it should be obvious that it is a man playing a part, for this is not a Drag act; the intention is not to be as womanly as possible, but always to be 'a feller in a frock'. […] Oh how everyone loves the Panto Dame for she is Panto.

Proud to call himself the bagman of the Conservative Party, former senator Irving Gerstein boasted about the financial health of his party Friday.

You've gone so plum daffy you are forgetting your dinner, jeered her mother.

Many veteran rockhounds will tell you that nothing can replace the knowledge gained by experience in identifying semi-precious stones and gems.