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Women are like dogs really. They love like dogs, a little insistently. And they like to fetch and carry and come back wistfully after hard words, and learn rather easily to carry a basket.
Mary Roberts Rinehart

Meaning of "fetch and carry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FETCH AND CARRY

fetch and carry play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FETCH AND CARRY

feta
fetal
fetal alcohol syndrome
fetal diagnosis
fetal hydrops
fetal position
fetation
fetch
fetch up
fetcher
fetching
fetchingly
feterita
fetial
fetialis
fetich
fetich-like
fetichism
fetichist
fetichistic

WORDS THAT END LIKE FETCH AND CARRY

barry
carry
cash-and-carry
glengarry
harry
Jarry
Larry
marry
miscarry
Old Harry
overcarry
parry
quarry
recarry
scarry
sparry
starry
tarry
Tom, Dick, and Harry
Tom, Dick, or Harry

Synonyms and antonyms of fetch and carry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fetch and carry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FETCH AND CARRY

Find out the translation of fetch and carry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fetch and carry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fetch and carry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

打杂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

traer y llevar
570 millions of speakers

English

fetch and carry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लाने और ले जाने के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جلب وحمل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выбрать и носить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

buscar e levar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আনা এবং বহন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chercher et transporter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengambil dan bawa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hol und Bring
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フェッチ運ぶ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가져 오기 및 수행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk lan nindakake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lấy và thực hiện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आणणे आणि वाहणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Getir ve taşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prendere e trasportare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pobrać i wykonać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вибрати і носити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aducă și să
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φέρω και να φέρουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

haal en dra
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hämta och bära
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hente og bære
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fetch and carry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FETCH AND CARRY»

The term «fetch and carry» is regularly used and occupies the 71.718 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FETCH AND CARRY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fetch and carry

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QUOTES WITH «FETCH AND CARRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fetch and carry.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Women are like dogs really. They love like dogs, a little insistently. And they like to fetch and carry and come back wistfully after hard words, and learn rather easily to carry a basket.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FETCH AND CARRY»

Discover the use of fetch and carry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fetch and carry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fetch and Carry: A Treatise on Retrieving
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Bernard Waters, 2011
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Assistive Technology: Shaping the Future : AAATE'03
2003 A Fetch-and-Carry Robot Appliance for Elderly and Disabled Persons M. J. Johnson*0, E. Guglielmelli*0, C. Suppo0, A. Pisetta0, F. Leoni*. G. A. Di Lauro*0, M.C. Carrozza*0, C. Laschi*, P. Dario*0 *Scuola Superiore Sant 'Anna, ARTS ...
Ger M. Craddock, 2003
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
An intimate friend of mine, sporting in Ireland, and shooting to a pointer-bitch that was totally unaccustomed to fetch and carry, but well instructed to seek for a dead bird, killed a snipe. It fell in soft, boggy ground, where he could not get at it and ...
John William Carleton
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Hotel Frankenstein
EGOR quickly EXITS LEFT and is seen OUTSlDE the French doors with a large mummy case. [See PRODUCTlON NOTES.] He 5 ENTERS dragging the case.) EGOR: (Grumbles.) Get rid of them, he says. Fetch and carry, fetch and carry!
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of ...
In assumpsit that defendant refused to fetch and carry away the timber, for the price or to pay for the same. Counts, for goods sold and deli- ^y^a'tint'' vered, and for goods bargained and sold. Plea, non that there was no contract for the sale of  ...
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, James Manning, Archer Ryland, 1831
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THE EUROPEAN MAGAZINE AND LONDON REVIEW, VOL 45
Thou fcem'fl as drunk as I was t'other To fetch and carry long has been thy lot ; But Ministers and Courtiers do the fame : [have grot, Yes, yes ! when knaves and fools a place They fetch and carry, like a spaniel tame. [blue f ; Alas 1 thou hast no ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
fetch and carry 144 fetch and carry Do errands and other menial tasks, as in She was hired as administrative assistant, but all she does is fetch and carry for the department's supervisor. This expression originally alluded to dogs that were ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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An Essay of the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
There are two sorts of led Captains, the one is taken a fancy to by somebody much above them, seated at their Table, and can cringe and flatter, fetch and carry Nonsense for my Lord;- thinking themselves happy in being thus admitted into ...
Jane Collier, Audrey Bilger, 2003
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A Dictionary of the English and Russian Languages:
Honámmßa'rb. Honocl'rrb 72, понестй, щади/то Ьеаг, саггу, bring; conceive; endure , support ; reproach ~, slander, scandalize, defame; p. Понесённый. Понбска, f. пенбсочка, d. something,r 'to fetch and carry; поnócxy uocń'rb , to fetch and ...
Jacob Banks, 1840
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The Theatrical Inquisitor, Or, Monthly Mirror
Her colour not only comes and goes, but, egad, her maid can fetch and carry it.*' Ir. In other words, the maid is sent (you cannot but be charmed with the notice of her canine properties " fetch and carry") to purchase the colour. The pretty ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FETCH AND CARRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fetch and carry is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mali's World-Beating Shallots
Still, he asks, wouldn't it be easier for everyone - not least the village's women, who have to fetch and carry vast amounts of water - if there were ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
2
Care-O-bot, the robot butler is coming
... a mobile information point for museums, home improvement stores or airports; or fetch and carry services for institutions or offices. It can even ... «domain-B, Jun 15»
3
Two historic courthouses and a neighborhood rivalry that helped …
... offices" around 300 Camp St. and Natchez Alley, for they had to fetch and carry...to the post office, instead of having mail delivered.". «NOLA.com, Jun 15»
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Step inside the secret robot house
They are designed to fetch and carry, attract attention and monitor their human housemates for signs of pre-programmed unusual activity. «BBC News, May 15»
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Reverend's appeal to help Ethiopian women
In the Borena community, girls are expected to fetch and carry wood and water to provide for their family. Denied a good education and the ... «Bray People, May 15»
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Shed that dreary cocoon and reveal the real you
That's because they're highly paid butlers who fetch and carry for their even wealthier clients who are out on the golf course in tartan dacks or ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
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Princess Anne attacks 'inhumane' suffering of horses
'In these countries, the wellbeing of the horse may be just as significant as that of a child because, without a horse to fetch and carry, the very ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
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Christian Aid week for justice
In the Borena community, girls are expected to fetch and carry wood and water to provide for their family. Denied a good education and the ... «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, May 15»
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Sheffield trio carry firewood on their backs to raise awareness of …
Women and girls from Loko's community are expected to fetch and carry wood and water to provide for their family. Laura said: “The story of ... «The Star, May 15»
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Canon highlights plight of Ethiopian women
In the Borena community, girls are expected to fetch and carry wood and water to provide for their family. Denied a good education and the ... «Ballymena Times, May 15»

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