The Phoney War (French: Drôle de guerre; German: Sitzkrieg) was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germany's Saar district.
warfare without any military operations or campaigns, a stalemate
skirtings
skirtings
noun
plural of skirting
storkling
storkling
noun
The young of a stork.
streaking
streaking
noun
Condition of being streaked; a streak.
verb
present participle of streak
streeking
streeking
verb
present participle of streek
strokings
strokings
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Strippings; the last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.