Borrowed-time
an uncertain, usually limited period of time extending beyond or postponing the occurrence of something inevitable.
Read Also:
- Borrower
to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower. to use, appropriate, or introduce from another source or from a foreign source: to borrow an idea from the opposition; to borrow a word from French. Arithmetic. (in subtraction) to take from one denomination and […]
- Borrower-s-card
library card. a card issued by a library to individuals or organizations entitling them or their representatives to borrow materials.
- Borrowing
the act of one who borrows. the process by which something, as a word or custom, is adopted or absorbed. the result of such a process; something borrowed, as a foreign word or phrase or a custom. to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my […]
- Bors
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot. a natural son of King Arthur. Historical Examples Le Morte D’Arthur, Volume II (of II) Thomas Malory Stories of King Arthur and His Knights U. Waldo Cutler Chronicle and Romance (The […]
- Borsch
any of various eastern European soups made with beets, cabbage, potatoes, or other vegetables and served hot or chilled, often with sour cream. Contemporary Examples Up to a Point: PJ O’Rourke on Sochi and Senate Slackers P. J. O’Rourke February 6, 2014 Historical Examples Ghetto Tragedies Israel Zangwill noun a Russian and Polish soup based […]