Difference between panyard and pan

Definitions

verb

1. wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
2. express a totally negative opinion of
3. make a sweeping movement

noun

1. shallow container made of metal
2. cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

Examples

Lobefins today have dwindled to the lungfishes and the coelacanths ‘dwindled’ as ‘fish’, that is, but mightily expanded on land: we land vertebrates are aberrant lungfish.

Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010.

Note that you'll be able to find the demonstration projects themselves as open-source projects on the companion site to the column (see Resources).

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