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pittance \PIT-ns\, noun:
alarm shock
1. a small amount or share.Pittance shares its root with the word pity. It entered English in the 13th century from the Latin pietatem meaning "piety," "loyalty" and "duty."
2. a small allowance or sum, as of money for living expenses.
3. a scanty income or remuneration.
alarm shock
- The shock of having to wake up a lot earlier than you normally would due to school after summer vacation.
Trivia
What seabird spends the first four or more years of its life aloft?
- The sooty tern, the most abundant seabird in the tropics. After fledging it only touches down on land when fully mature, and then only during the breeding season. It spends most of its time airborne, sleeping on the wing and never landing on water for fear of becoming waterlogged and incapable of flight.
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- Walter Reed 1851
- Milton S. Hershey 1857
- John Pershing 1860
- Sherwood Anderson 1876
- J.B. Priestley 1894
- Claudette Colbert 1905
- Bill Monroe (The Bluegrass Band) 1911
- Roald Dahl 1916
- Dick Haymes 1916
- Charles Brown 1922
- Scott Brady 1924
- Mel Torme 1925
- Robert Indiana 1928
- Eileen Fulton 1933
- Barbara Bain 1934
- Fred Silverman 1937
- Judith Martin 1938
- Richard Kiel 1939
- David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears) 1941
- Bela Karolyi 1942
- Jacqueline Bisset 1944
- Peter Cetera (Chicago) 1944
- Nell Carter 1948
- Don Was 1952
- Randy Jones (The Village People) 1952
- Joni Sledge (Sister Sledge) 1956
- Jean Smart 1959
- Bobby Cryner 1961
- Dave Mustaine 1961 - Musician (Megadeth, Metallica)
- Zak Starkey 1965
- Michael Johnson 1965
- Louis Mandylor 1966
- Steve Perkins (Porno for Pyros) 1967
- Bernie Williams (MLB) 1968
- Goran Ivanisevic 1971
- Aaron Benward (Blue Country) 1973
- Scott Vickaryous 1975
- Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flats) 1975
- Fiona Apple 1977
- Ben Savage 1980
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