PROTECTION Originally, the swaddling clothes of the infant, Industry; now, merely the shoe-lacings for the giant, Monopoly.
PRO and CON Prefixes of opposite meaning. For example, Progress and Congress.
PRUDE A native of Boston.
PRUDENCE A quality of mind that restrains the wise boarder from trying to find out how his landlady makes her hash.
PRUDERY A quality that displays a lack of modesty as a wig does a loss of hair.