10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUMBLEDOM»
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bumbledom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bumbledom and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Robert Hartwell Fiske. “More than any other word I can think of off the top of my
head, bumbledom sounds exactly like what it means. I also enjoy the fact that it is
derogatory, albeitplayfully, towards bureaucrats exclusively.” ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
As short is the supply to them by Bumbledom of air to rest eIn all our army
hospitals. Government gives 1200 cubic feet of air to every bed. In Clerkenwell
and St. Martin's. Bumbledom allows about one third of that allowance, and in
Greenwich ...
Parochial Bumbledom very naturally objected to Mr. Dickens's powerful satire,
and official Bumbledom, with the sympathy of a kindred soul, immediately saw
the force of these objections. Self-preservation is the first law of official nature,
and ...
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The Speedy Extinction of Evil and Misery
The joke is enormously useful to Bumbledom. ... Press open their throats of brass,
and put themselves in our van, blaring: "We, and we only, can and will lead you
out of this stupid old Bumbledom into the Canaan flowing with milk and honey!
James Thomson, William David Schaefer, 1967
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Hence bumblecrew (q.v.) and bumbledom (q.v.). 1883. Punch, August 4,51,1. A
helpless 'nuisance' shunned by the Inspector,Ignored bybumbles and by Boards
of Works. 2. (old: B.E.).—'Cloaths settingin a heap, or ruck.' 3. (common).
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The Gentle Art of Making Enemies:
Official. Bumbledom. Sir—As you have considered Mr. Whistler's letter worthy of
publication, I ask you tocomplete the publication byinsertingthis simple
statementofthe factsas they occurred. The notice board of the Royal Society of
British ...
James McNeill Whistler, 2014
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The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality
belore the Elite of Bumbledom-—the Nonconformist grocer, the cast-iron light of
Labour pandering to Bolshevism, and the whole gamut of prejudice united in the
common cause of twen-cent highway robbery and the reduction of the inflated ...
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London: A Social History
Bumbledom? London's. Politics. 1800-. 1890. Admirable on ADMINISTRATIVE
DEVELOPMENTS are Ken Young and Patricia L. Garside, Metropolitan London:
Politics and Urban Change, 1837-1981 (London: Edward Arnold, 1982), and
John ...
A. S. Neill is a man of international reputation, and I hate the thought of what he
may do to hold up British Bumbledom to ridicule throughout the civilised world. If
you could do anything to set the matter right, you will greatly relieve my anxiety
on ...
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Catalog of Copyright Entries
Buildings & building management. 1261, 11040, 20255, 29017. Bulfln printers,
inc. Bumbledom journal. 20285. Bulletin (Joseph Froggatt & co., inc.) 1267,
11046. Bulletin (Laundryowners natl. assn. of the U. S. & Canada) 1268, 11047,
20258, ...
Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1933
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUMBLEDOM»
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bumbledom is used in the context of the following news items.
Car Share comic Peter Kay reveals it took him six years and 76 …
THE comic has decided to own up to his early bumbledom behind the wheel despite the runaway success of the BBC1 show. Share; Share ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jun 15»
From the archive: JB Priestley on why Britain would be better off out …
There are two sides to our national character: one represented, we might say, by Francis Chichester, the other by the town clerk of Bumbledom. «New Statesman, Apr 15»
Big Money Comes to Moneyball
From Bums to Bumbledom. Nobody in baseball referred to “market inefficiencies” or “arbitrage opportunities” in 1947, but what Jackie Robinson ... «OZY, Mar 15»
Sooty and sweep: how the Victorians cleaned up the country
Jackson likes Chadwick, the “barrister and penny-a-liner” who stormed his way through the obstinate Bumbledom of vestries and vested ... «New Statesman, Jan 15»
Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth by Lee Jackson …
... the great and the good – or, as Charles Dickens christened them, “Bumbledom”. They appointed private contractors to clear the rubbish, a job ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
New police training rules: More platitudes soon!
The department's insensitive comments are worse than bureaucratic bumbledom, they're intentional disrespect under color of law. They fuel ... «ChicagoNow, Dec 14»
Charles Dickens as meteorologist and climate watcher.
... naïve), Pecksniffian (self-serving), Bumbledom (inefficiency), Gradgrind (a cold-hearted statistician) and Podsnap (the soul of complacency). «Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 14»
Dirty Old London: Victorian Shit, Grime And Rotting Corpses
... all manner of narrow-mindedness, bumbledom, ignorance, vested interests and — on the public's part — refusal to pay the necessary taxes. «Londonist, Nov 14»
Seeing red (tape): bureaucratic horror stories at the coalface
... to the public service, there were horror stories aplenty from readers bow-legged under the weight of internal pen-pushing and bumbledom. «Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 14»
The French are right - we are to blame for the Calais chaos
And so officious bumbledom continues to emasculate the race that built the biggest empire ever seen, defeated countless enemies, survived ... «Express.co.uk, Sep 14»
