Driftwood!!

I can describe that tune...

IN A QUATRAIN

IN A QUATRAIN

Antiquarian

ICE TOYS

ICE TOYS

society

Will he hug me? Don't think so...

HUG FAITH, NIL

HUG FAITH NIL

high-falutin'

HOT TOT! YI-YI!

HOT TOT! YI YI!

hoity-toity

Atticus said:
SCOUT, RACE to Boo's house.

SCOUT, RACE

If you add another E, it makes a wonderful setup line:

"Did you mean CRETACEOUS ? That's an old one!"

Hab,
No, I meant "to sparkle"...

CORUSCATE

...you mean like TIGER GLINT and PECAN TOLES ?

TIGER GLINT

glittering

PECAN TOLES

opalescent

These should get your dog looking good: PET CLEANERS

PET CLEANERS

pearlescent

Does the military measure its light-weight provender in
R.A. OUNCES ?

R.A. OUNCES

nacreous

Is not gold:
TATTERSALL LIGHT - 3 words

TATTERSALL LIGHT = all that glitters

and as every rider knows, REINS DIRECT

Since we are all riding horses,

NICEST RIDER?? That couldn't be the answer..

Or NICE STRIDER? Or even RIDER INCEST?

Oh, dear. It should have been
INSECT RIDE

Signed,
the paroxysmally orthographically challenged one

Ah! IRIDESCENT

And where was the sailor when

GIB HUNG GLINTS?

GIB HUNG GLINTS

lightning bugs

Addressing food flavouring: YE ALLSPICE

YE ALLSPICE = especially

Let the owl go!
FREE HOOTER

FREE HOOTER! and Willie, too...

heretofore

ALL GEESE are not ganders.

ALL GEESE

legalese

Well, if you don't like FREE HOOTERS, how about
FREE EARTH ? Some people find that one heavenly, and at the very least
the two are as different as night and day...

FREE EARTH

hereafter.... Which will it be?

If you are a Tory, you must be a
WHIG HATER!

WHIG-HATER

only because of context - HIGH WATER ?

(Mondegreen department - speaking of Hell and high water, you've heard of the man who thought he'd visit that interesting young lady, Helena Handbasket?)

Ba-da-boom.

Moving right along, then, on the assumption that High Water was correct, how about
GIGA-ZANDER
...lots of nice daffynitions one could make for that one. Starting with the fact that Benjamin Zander is Conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, The Youth Philharmonic, faculty at The New England Conservatory of Music, and a charismatic teacher in his own right.

HIGH WATER correct... always seem to forget to say 2 words!

GIGA ZANDER

aggrandize

Hand me my old sweater... you know, the

RATTY ONE.

RATTY ONE

attorney

Another spin-off? CSI: LOT RIO

CORIOLIST - one who inists that water in the Northern hemisphere really flows clockwise down a drain

COLORISTI - those really in the know, spectrum-wise...

OTISTORIC - pertaining to the invention and development of the elevator
EDIT: withdrawn; has no L

CORTISOL-I - the first steroid hormone

SCOLIO-IRT - twisting your back in the New York City subway

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What did you find in the swamp, Captain?

REB RAT, SIR!

REB RAT SIR

barrister

AR...NOT YET !

(Did you call them ermine?
NAY, OTTER)

(and if you're feeling hostile,
AY, ROTTEN)

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ATTORNEY...

Please review the new secretary's work:

EDIT VITA

EDIT VITA

vitiated

Look at that picture of the Champ!
TITLE IMAGE

Also,
My vodka-and-lime-juice drink is just as good as yours !
A GIMLET TIE

LEGITIMATE

What did you do on your cattle drive, Jed? Why we...

TRAILED LUST

TRAILED LUST

illustrated

AHA! BUILT!

AHA! BUILT

habitual

Who is living in the Leaning Tower?
PISA OCCUPIERS

PISA OCCUPIERS

perspicacious

Save our farmers:
VOTE BARNS

VOTE BARNS

observant

Speaking of barns, Rebecca's is small and a

WEE RAT HAVEN

WEE RAT HAVEN

weathervane


Does it have a TAN DOOR too?

TORNADO (you would have to remind me)

for bad parenting...

ROT ONE DAD

ROT ONE DAD

deodorant

Quick, turn hard to windward -- there's a BARGE ALEE !

BARGE ALEE

agreeable

The Kentucky Derby purse is deposited into
EQUINE ACCTS!

EQUINE ACCTS

acquiescent

VOICE OR TAPE ?

VOICE OR TAPE

cooperative!

You don't have to be a Queen to be a
PALACE BEE !!

PALACE BEE

peaceable

...and would the Queen like a HOT PEARL ?
(Or does she have too many already? Picked 'em up at the FUR SITE, maybe.)

HOT PEARL... plethora
FUR SITE ... surfeit

TreeHuggers unite:
UNIFY IF SCENIC

UNIFY IF SCENIC

insufficiency

Why don't I sense any BAD NUANCE here?

Because there is an abundance of goodwill!

I would like to camp out....
SANS INSECT.

Did you mean scantiness? It does go with the theme of the last four words. I'll forego the canonical HATRED and THREAD and RED HAT, also along those lines.

Your SANS INSECT reminded me of the close-but-not-really
ANTIC TESS with her bewitching rhythms - those d'Urbervilles were always up to something!