A 12-year-old boy has set a world record after discovering the largest European wasp nest on a property Down Under. Jordan Waddingham scoured through bushland at Karoola, north east of Launceston in Tasmania to unravel the plague of wasps after his mother Stephanie offered him $20 to locate the nest.
bildungsroman (plural bildungsromans or bildungsromane) A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
Verb. 1. bilk-cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money. cheat, rip off, chisel-deprive somebody of something by deceit; The con-man beat me out of $50; This salesman ripped us off!; we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme; They chiseled me out of my money.