10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOORSTEPPER»
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doorstepper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
doorstepper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
... his troubles. My mother's upbringing was that of the archetypal Negro Anglican
– conservative, rigid, anally retentive. She had bought into all that colonial
religious claptrap and while far from being a Sunday morning doorstepper, she
was ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
[19c] □ doorstepper n. ♢ on one's doorstep close to one's home, etc. doorstop > n
1 a device, especially a wedge, for holding a door open. 2 a device, eg a fixed
knob, for preventing a door opening too far. [19c] door-to-door >adj, adv 1 going ...
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Interviewing for Journalists
Say who you are and what you are doing, then there can be no mistake about
why you are there, says experienced doorstepper Mike Biggs, formerly with
Brennan's news agency at Heathrow. Never park directly outside the house and ...
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More Dangerous Ground: The Inside Story of Britain's Best ...
Their preferred approach seemed to be to doorstep the Great Doorstepper. This
they did as I attempted to eat breakfast one morning in the Atrium restaurant of
the Hyatt Hotel in Birmingham. There were two cameramen and two interviewers
...
The reporter who had apparently vanished was Colin Heath, a 24-year-old
hotshot doorstepper with a nose for scandal, boundless cheek, and a burning
ambition for wealth and fame. What else is new? thought Yardley as he read the
file.
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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series
... doom and gloom: see GLOOM 2 doomful 2 doomfully 2 Doona 2 doorstep 2
doorstepper 2 doorstepping 2 doozer 2 doozy 2 dopey 2 dopily 2 dopiness 2
doppione 2 dormer 2 dormer bungalow 2 dormer room 2 Dorothy 2 a friend of
Dorothy ...
J. A. Simpson, Michael Proffitt, E. S. C. Weiner, 1997
Much the same can be said of the 'doorstepper' interview. This is the form of
questioning most loathed by critics of the press and broadcasters who regard it
as akin to a journalist burgling someone's home. They might be interested to
know that ...
Ivor Yorke, Ray Alexander, 2000
... doorstepper, double blind, doublethink, folksinger, ghostword, policeman,
postcard, sea-speak. 2) Which of the following combinations are fully lexicalized
so that they can count as compounds? Are they pseudo-anglicisms? baby-
beeper, ...
But other matters are on our minds; and so far I have been denied the joy of
murmuring to a doorstepper of any persuasion, “I wouldn't vote for your lot not
even if you stuffed a large brown envelope with used fifties.” Meantime, the sun
still ...
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The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense ...
Someone who truly understands me and my work.” But I hadn't imagined S.
finding me on his doorstep, looking like a doorstepper. The car reached the
bottom of the driveway. I was positioned next to my car, about twenty feet to the
right.
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOORSTEPPER»
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doorstepper is used in the context of the following news items.
The Digital Election: Why the parties' online campaigns lacked the …
If he is a Labour, SNP or Lib Dem doorstepper he would have been armed with findings from data platform NationBuilder, knowing who's on the ... «The Drum, May 15»
Madeleine McCann 'Troll' Brenda Leyland's Sky News Doorstepper …
An inquest in Leicester was told that Brenda Leyland was found dead two days after her involvement in online abuse of Madeleine McCann's ... «Huffington Post UK, Mar 15»
Russell Brand Podcast, review: A pariah or a prophet? Either way …
If the notion of a squash-smothered doorstepper was amusing, the image of Brand bubbling over in fury was equally vivid. Is this, one ... «The Independent, Mar 15»
JD Salinger: The Man in the Glass House
But now I felt that, inevitably, it looked to S. as if I were a doorstepper. I felt my intrusive driveway presence might inadvertently change S.'s mind ... «Esquire, Jan 10»
