10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEUCED»
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deuced in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
deuced and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Meet the Oblivion Brothers. When everything you believe in turns to nothing, it's best to bring a friend. But what happens when something gets in?
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
a decent manner, 'twould be a deuced fine thing for you. Sir Bagot, you know;
and, how much a year is it?" " I must try Dubbley again," said Bagot, gnawing his
nails — " deuced soon, too, after the last five hundred. He'll kick, I know he will ;
but ...
Said some other fellow would take just as good care of us as he would. Didn't you
, Dol?” , “ I think the whole thing in bad taste,” cried Dolly, “in deuced bad taste,
and—and a deuced bore." Susan remembered Teddy Josselin. Evidently these ...
William Conant Church, 1869
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Ballou's Monthly Magazine
Happy Golucky and Pitch Darkness both hate Tom Noddle. "Ha, ha, ha! Deuced
scamp, sir, that Noddle. Deuced scamp! Ha, ha, ha!" Rubbing his hands after
having given you a slap on the knee. "Golucky is a capital good fellow," you think.
Well, the Colonel sees it as well as the rest, and likes the idea uncommonly ; for,
between you and me, he's deuced fond of you. But what can the Colonel do ?
He's deuced hard up, as all the world knows. Here are two or three rich fellows in
...
Sir Edward Bruce Hamley, 1854
I must try Dubbley again," said Bagot, gnawing his nails — "deuced soon, too,
after the last five hundred. Ho '11 kick, I know he will ; but my float tells me he 's
been nibbling, and I must hook him before he breaks his hold." " You 've a
splendid ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1853
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
Other such adverbs are wide, late, deuced, high, each spoilt in the appended
extracts by an umdiomane he'd I -ly i— And then he'd know »at belling Л
insurance were widely apart./ Several drawing* in the new volume are dated a*
lately a* ...
Henry Watson Fowler, 1994
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The Return of Bulldog Drummond
“Deuced boring, Mr Hardcastle,” agreed the other sympathetically. “I, too, like to
blush unseen. Been worried by the jolly old newspaper men?” “They swarm like
maggots in a bit of bad meat,” snorted Hardcastle. “An apt and charming simile,” ...
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The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure
•deuced in m support of its divine origin, yet many, of no contemptible authority,
are inclined to a- scribe it to the progressive exertions of mankind. Ueingltill
without any decisivedata to argue from, all that can now be done Will be to
proceed in ...
I only know that I've been stumbling about this bloody country these past five
evenings – with this deuced sound recording machine – trying to see if I could
pinpoint the source of all these frightful noises we've been hearing over at
Holcoomb ...
Geoff Barlow, John Cokley, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEUCED»
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deuced is used in the context of the following news items.
Jeffrey Holland ghosts into Darlington
'I say, now look here, I'm deuced angry'. People don't speak like that anymore except in this play. If you play it straight it works. There are so ... «The Northern Echo, Jun 15»
Jeffrey Holland jumps on board Arnold's Ghost Train
and people saying things like 'I am deuced angry.' But you can do it. You have just got to have the courage of your convictions and play it ... «Chichester Observer, May 15»
Jeffrey Holland plays it straight in classic comedy thriller
and people saying things like 'I am deuced angry.' But you can do it. You have just got to have the courage of your convictions and play it ... «West Sussex County Times, May 15»
Umatilla tennis splits with Ione
But more unforced errors and a double fault while deuced handed Ione new life and an 8-8 tie, setting up a tiebreaker. Bolstered by another ... «Hermiston Herald, Apr 15»
Privacy is dead: Get over it
Once the genie is uncorked, it's deuced hard to stuff him back into the lamp. History has shown that as people willingly cede their freedom to a ... «Baltimore Post-Examiner, Mar 15»
Ruddigore, Charles Court Opera, King's Head Theatre
How can a feisty village dame duetting “lackaday”s with the mounted head of a long-lost, nay, long-dead love be so deuced affecting? Ascribe it ... «The Arts Desk, Mar 15»
There's no advantage in Fast4 tennis
I knew the format was tennis 'de-deuced', but I shouldn't have had to deduce that myself. The significance of the PowerPoint, of course, was ... «The Roar, Jan 15»
It was 100 years ago that Jeeves and Wooster burst in on an …
The poor old nut looked at me in such a deuced cat-like way, standing with his mouth open, waiting to be congratulated, that I simply hadn't the ... «Scroll.in, Jan 15»
NECC pair ask for bail, plead not guilty to 2nd-degree murder charges
PROSECUTORS CALLED AN F.B.I. AGENT TO THE STAND AND P PRO DEUCED INTERNAL E-MAILS THAT THE AGENT SAYS SHOWED ... «WCVB Boston, Dec 14»
Van Gogh's Letter To A Friend Includes A Pretty Harsh Literary Review
Here he doesn't lash out so wildly as when he talks about paintings, and his criticism is sometimes deuced telling. I permit him with pleasure to ... «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
