10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DICKY BOW»
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dicky bow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Pocket Oxford English Dictionary
... in terms of the poverty that they portray. dicky adj. Brit. informal not strong,
healthy, or functioning reliably. – origin perh. from the man's name Dick, in the old
saying as queer as Dick's hatband. dicky bow n. informal a bow tie. dicotyledon ...
2
BLOOD SUGAR BEAT: Diabetes from the Inside Out
Either that or I'll end up brain damaged from all the hypos I keep having. I splash
tap water onto my face and step back onto the ward and recognise the man with
the dicky bow conducting the ward round, the man with the moustache who once
...
3
Staying Strong: My Story So Far
One notable change in my circumstances in those days was the need to acquire
an appropriate suit, that is a D.J. with dicky bow, for those official post-match
functions. Yet despite the air of sophistication that prevailed initially at these
functions ...
4
SUGAR BEAT: Diabetes from the Inside Out
I look at the doctor's dicky bow and shrug. “YourHbA1c...” The glycosylated
haemoglobin A1c, the best measure of my long-term blood glucose control,
meaning my average blood sugar over the last two to three months, taken from
my blood ...
Pix wore a dinner suit and dicky bow to play the part of the doorman, he hired a
policeman's uniform from a fancy dress shop and a friend wore that, his wife and
her friend were the nightclub's pretty girl clientele and so on. I was to befriend Pix
...
A red-faced gent with spotted dicky bow and booming delivery assuring me there
were not as many trees in my emerald isle as of yore, he had seen the whole
country from a helicopter, went to stay with Teddy, lovely new wife, the azaleas ...
At this juncture, the manager, dressed in a pin-stripe suit and a pink dicky-bow,
burst in to the room and, with arms open wide, he ran straight to Esther. "Miss
Clayton," he flustered. "Please accept my apology. I'd no idea you were coming ...
buttons done up to hide the bulk of his white shirt and his special dicky bow tie.
He were sucking something which made his dark moustache and hair shift
around a little more than usual. But most importantly he had a whistle round his
neck on ...
My saviour Peter Crookston was never clear what he was supposed to do since
they already had a perfectly good news editor in the shape of Tony Bambridge, a
smiling Cockney with an absurd dicky-bow. They had merely told Peter where to
...
10
Black Butterfly: A Lucifer Box Novel
Over my long career, I have extricated myself from many a tricky predicament just
by acting as if I own the place. So I simply stood up, hoped no one would notice
the absence of a dicky-bow in my ensemble, and joined the queue of waiters, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DICKY BOW»
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dicky bow is used in the context of the following news items.
Love Island: Is Lauren Richardson CRYING because this is her last …
... ring at the door, they were beside themselves to see former Islander Omar standing there…wearing nothing but a dicky bow and an apron. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
Rock'n'Roll America: behind the music that changed everything
... Orleans tour guide Deacon John Moore, who takes us into fabled venue the Dew Drop Inn dressed in blazer, dicky bow and possibly spats. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
The GAA-mmys: JOE's weekly Championship awards (Week 7)
Tomás might as well have asked to be shaken and stirred such was his resemblance to James Bond while wearing a fetching dicky bow that ... «JOE, Jun 15»
People aren't wearing tuxedos any more because marriage rates …
But it seems that the combination of a dicky bow, a dinner jacket, and a ruffled shirt might have had its day after a leading clothes rental firm ... «Metro, Jun 15»
Ward's World with madcap inventor John Ward
... old time's sake. Dynamic Dart Advertisement. Now do I go to the next one or not? - ha well, get the revolving dicky bow out and go I suppose. «Spalding Guardian, Jun 15»
Much loved Arthur finally laid at rest
His granddaughter, Nicola Shroeder said: “He always treated the ladies to flowers and a dance, always wearing his dicky bow.” Jean Allen from ... «Runcorn and Widnes World, May 15»
Colette Fitzpatrick: So, how much do you really want to know about …
A dicky bow never made a man fall sideways and pull ligaments. Killer heels can really kill you. Or at least kill your feet. Waging her own war ... «Herald, May 15»
Cannes message falls flat with ridiculous row over killer heels
A dicky bow never made a man fall sideways and pull ligaments. Killer heels can really kill you. Or at least kill your feet. Waging her own war ... «Herald, May 15»
Dear Reader: Inside a Cold War Bunker & a minor mishap at …
The trousers part of my DJ and dicky bow outfit is now a little too tight. I don't like to take chances, not after the experience of a recent visit to the ... «Harrogate Advertiser, May 15»
Cryptic crossword No 26553
1 Duck PE in school, if really tired (6); 4 Dicky bow in church? B___ fairy! (6); 9 Fruit from WI a cargo brought over? (4); 10 Top half of Ogen ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
