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The Dinner Club in Napier, run by Jane Morgan, has been providing meals for displaced families in Hawke’s Bay since Cyclone Gabrielle in February.
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The word for today is… adroit (adjective) - : having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The meaning and history of adroit is straightforward, so we’ll get right to the point. English speakers borrowed the word with its meaning from French in the mid
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… pittance (noun) - : a small portion, amount, or allowance. Also : a meager wage or remuneration Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : It's a pity when you haven't anything but a pittance. And in fact, pity and pittance share etymological roots. The Middle English word
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… nimiety (noun) - : excess, redundancy Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : There's no scarcity of English words for too much of a good thing—words like overkill, plethora, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, and preponderance, to name a few. In fact, you might just feel that nimiety itself
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… cadge (verb) - : to obtain (something) for free often by persuading or imposing on another : sponge Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Long ago, peddlers traveled the British countryside, each with a packhorse or a horse and cart—first carrying produce from rural farms to town markets, then
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