being in fact very uninteresting except as a chewing
exercise. It was made by the Lake-men for long journeys.
[ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
+cream pie
+ Gregor stared at the pastry tray, and sighed. "I suppose
+ it would disturb the guards if I tried to shove a cream torte up
+ your nose."
+ "Deeply. You should have done it when we were eight and
+ twelve, you could have gotten away with it then. The cream pie
+ of justice flies one way," Miles snickered.
+ [ The Vor Game, by Lois McMaster Bujold ]
*crocodile
A big animal with the appearance of a lizard, constituting
an order of the reptiles (_Loricata_ or _Crocodylia_), the