18 January 2016

skerrick

[sker-ik]

noun, Australian.

1. a small piece or quantity; a bit:

Not even a skerrick of cake was left.

Origin of skerrick

1930-1935; origin uncertain

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Anagram

Kicks err

Today’s quote

The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.

– Bob Marley

On this day

18 January 1977 – The Granville Rail Disaster, in which a crowded commuter train derailed and collided with an overpass that collapsed onto it, killing 83 people and injuring more than 210.

18 January 1779 – birth of Peter Roget, British lexographer and creator of Roget’s Thesaurus. (died 12 September 1869).

18 January 1904 – birthday of Cary Grant, born Archibald Alexander Leach, actor (‘North by Northwest‘, ‘To Catch a Thief‘, ‘An Affair to Remember‘, ‘Gunga Din‘). Died 29 November 1986.