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The F is a stepping stone — borrowed at rung 1 to keep finer a real word, then given back at rung 5. There may be several par routes — the census above shows which ones climbers actually took.
A small, informal restaurant, often open all day.
Diner originally meant a person who dines, from the verb 'dine'. It later came to describe a type of American restaurant styled after a railway dining car. The word reflects the history of rail travel in the United States.
Full entry on Wiktionary ↗A survey of people's opinions or votes.
Poll originally meant the top of the head in Middle English, from a Low German or Dutch source. Counting votes by counting heads led to the meaning of an election or survey. The phrase 'going to the polls' still carries that original head-counting idea.
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