10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEAD LOSS»
Discover the use of
dead loss in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dead loss and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Bombs are exploding in Whitehall and on the underground railway. Irish fever has hit London.Detective Inspector Best is called in to investigate and is sent to London where the Irish Americans are plotting their next attack.
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
(coll) said of a person who is quite worthless: We'd better fire Smith - he's a dead
loss. total loss (Insurance) said of a heavily damaged vehicle when the cost of the
repairs may exceed its value: The natural inclination is to under-insure and ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
dead loss 110 forced. For example, The blue laws here are a dead letter; all the
stores open on Sundays and holidays. [Second half of 1600s] dead loss 1. A total
loss, as in They've changed the currency, so these old coins are a dead loss.
Hank is visited by the ghost of cat burgler Tony Falco, who is having trouble getting into bandit heaven because of his botched last job.
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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
said of a person who is quite worthless: We'd better fire Smith now—he's a dead
loss. total loss—(Insurance) an irreparably damaged vehicle: The natural
inclination is to under-insure and take the chance of not having a total loss. dead
man ...
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Business and Finance Vocabulary
Dead Investment - Shares which cannot be easily sold. Dead Letter - Letter not
claimed and not deliverable by the post office to the addressee. Dead Loans -
Loans unpaid at the specified date. Dead Loss - Loss with no compensation, ...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
... for three months threw 8000 persons out of em- ' ployment during all that
period, and occasioned a dead loss to the community of L. 107,000. Applying the
same rule of calculation to the effects of the Glasgow strike, the results will stand
thus, ...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Vol. XXVII No. CLXI Part II
The dearer corn is, the reater is the dead loss sustained by t e farmers on all they
sow, ive to their cattle, and consume in t eir houses, although, as they produce
this corn themselves, variations in its market value cannot possibly make any ...
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... at all effective or successful: Yesterday s meeting was a dead loss - nothing
was decided. 2 a person who is not helpful or useful: I was a dead loss at
languages at school. 0 John was a dead loss - he just stood there and did
nothing. deadly ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
2 his career has hit a dead end: impasse, deadlock, stalemate, checkmate, stand-
off; standstill, halt, stop, stoppage, full stop. 1 dead loss informal 1 the competition
was a dead loss. See failure (sense 2). 2 he was a dead loss as a cook.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEAD LOSS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
dead loss is used in the context of the following news items.
Abbott's policy paralysis leaves an economy increasingly at risk
This article's first sentence could have been; “as a Prime Minister Tony rAbbott is a dead loss to our great country, the following outlines why,… «Crikey, Jul 15»
On safari with Damian Aspinall - in Kent
... which he named Dheddi – as in 'dead loss'. Aspinall and his then wife, Jane Hastings, installed the monkey in their flat in Eaton Place, where ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
New parents blow more than £400 on nursery products they can do …
... with children aged under five, the list names baby “top and tail” washing bowls for a fiver and cot mobiles costing almost £50 as a dead loss. «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
Film review: Playing it Cool *
But a lot of time is spent on the central relationship, and that relationship is a dead loss. Chris and Michelle are smiley ciphers, bantering like ... «Cyprus Mail, Jun 15»
Why Father's Day is just so grim in Westeros
Tywin Lannister — Although Tywin's entire life revolved around the glory of his family name, he was a bit of a dead loss as an actual father. «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»
Awful bus service
They are a dead loss. On Saturday, my 92-year-old mother and myself, an OAP, waited 90 minutes for the number 7 bus to Greenhill and it ... «Kidderminster Shuttle, Jun 15»
Review: Dell Latitude 13 7000 Series
It's not a dead loss, however. The tablet has a separate connector for the supplied power supply, so it can be charged independently of the ... «PC Authority, Jun 15»
Aloha – cinema review
I'm a bit in love with McAdams, and I know plenty of others are with Stone and Cooper, so the outing wasn't a complete dead loss. «Echonetdaily, Jun 15»
Crowdfunder: #MoysesMission - Do You Want Promotion?
So, the mosaic appeal was a dead loss. Misguided, misinterpreted, misunderstood; poorly conceived, poorly promoted, poorly supported. «Vitalfootball, Jun 15»
'Deadliest Catch' hears the sound of 'Hell's Bells' on Discovery …
As the episode begins it is the start of opilio season, and the Time Bandit is fishing through Christmas after suffering a large dead loss when the ... «Examiner.com, Jun 15»
