A POTPOURRI OF THANKS
Bob Hope gave thanks for rainy afternoons, swingy Harlem tunes, and … this.
This political treatise by Machiavelli concludes that it's "safer to be feared than to be loved"
The Prince
The name of this vehicle is from the French for "walking hospital"
An Ambulance
These can be bobby, crew, or sweat
Socks
There are 15 species of this fish, ranging from the largest (Atlantic Bluefin) at 1500 pounds to the smallest (Skipjack) at 40 pounds.
Tuna
In 1958, Maurice Chevalier (she•VAHL•yay) sang this song, which opened and closed the film Gigi.
"Thank Heaven for Little Girls"
This novel ends with the lines "He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother"
1984
With a two-man crew and a top speed of just 5 miles per hour, the Renault FT-17 revolutionized tank design with its ability to point its gun in any direction, thanks to this rotating top section, from the French for "tower"
A Turret
A trimmed and ruffled slip or underskirt.
Petticoat
Atlantic, Pacific, haddock, pollock, and whiting are all members of this popular food fish, prized for its flaky white flesh and its liver, which is an important source of Vitamin A, D, E, and omega-3 fatty acids.
Cod
Wayne Newton had a big hit in 1970 with this song, whose title means “Thank you very much” in German.
"Danke Shoen"
"Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence", says Scout in this novel
To Kill a Mockingbird
This deep red is paired with clover in a 1960s song title
Crimson
Clothing a soldier wears for “tiring” labor, such as digging ditches.
Fatigues
The “walking” type of this whiskered bottom feeder can walk or wiggle its way over dry land from pond to pond.
Catfish
This is what the TGI stands for in the name of the restaurant chain TGI Fridays.
Thank God/Goodness it's...
Charles Dickens used material from an abandoned autobiography for this 1850 novel, which he wrote in the first person
David Copperfield
It can mean ability or the entire staff of a school
Faculty
The British Channel Island that gave its name to both a close-fitting, knitted sweater and a type of cow.
Jersey
The Pacific type of this fish dies after swimming up rivers to spawn; the Atlantic type does not.
Salmon
This Shakespearian king knew what he was talking about when he said, “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.”
King Lear
Hopefully, he was content with "The Winter of Our Discontent"--it helped him win a 1962 Nobel Prize
John Steinbeck
Utterly senseless; in the 1950s & '60s there was a "theater of" it
Absurd
A lightweight housecoat that shares its name with a feathered cleaning instrument.
A duster
Some Amazon Indians used the exceedingly sharp teeth of this fish as razor blades and cutting implements
Piranha