10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIBBERY»
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fibbery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fibbery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Oliver Optic's Magazine: Our Boys and Girls ...
Franky Fibbery was the son of Mrs. Fibbery, widow, ironer and clear-starcher, No.
I Clam Avenue, Quahaug City. Quahaug City was partly on paper, and partly on
the edge of Massachusetts Bay. There were just twenty houses, placed at ...
2
The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
Southey, 1811; Thackeray ('My boy, fib with your right'). Origin obscure: but cf.
possibly FAKE, v., and certainly FOB, v. fibber . A liar, orig. small, soon great or
small: coll; from ca 1720. fibbery . The telling of lies: from ca 1850; ob;: coll.
fibbing.
Franky Fibbery was the son of Mrs. Fibbery, widow, ironer and clear-starcher, No.
i Clam Avenue, Quahaug City. Quahaug City was partly on paper, and partly on
the edge of Massachusetts Bay. There were just twenty houses, placed at ...
4
Kiwese: a guide, a ductionary, a shearing of unsights
Fibbery 40 place of origin, Pat Farrell was well respected by Oz punters. Not so
well received was President Manuel Farrell of Argentina. When Argentina sought
admission to the United Nations, New Zealand's Prime Minister, Peter Fraser, ...
5
The Universal Songster, Or Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most ...
Terrible Tories, Joe Millar stories, Fibbery, cribbery, fie, fie! Prices of stock, Dutch
wooden clocks, Limeing 'em, timeing 'em, haw, bawl Chancery Court, tedious
report, Drearisome, wearisome, 0 law! Hummery, mummery, Flummery, summary
, ...
6
Breathe Deep the Passing Wind
Something about a pack of dogs chasing us home from the Harvest Festival or
some such nonsense. Much to our relief though, we never had to call upon his
fibbery. Unbelievably, no one ever brought up the subject; a case of the artful
dodger ...
7
Selections from the dramatic works of William T. Moncrieff: ...
Terrible Tories, Joe Millar stories, Fibbery, crlbbery, fie, fie ! Prices of stocks,
Dutch wooden clocks, Limeing 'em, timeing 'em, baw! baw ! Chancery Court,
tedious report, Drearysome, wearysome, 0 law ! Hummery, mummery, Flummery
...
William Thomas Moncrieff, 1851
M.D. (pseud.) the first class of the profession is a matter worthy of the highest
interest ; when we consider that there was nothing outre in either his person or
manners, and that he carefully avoided ' fibbery and flattery.' He married, early in
life, ...
9
Greville; Or, a Season in Paris
... and the long evening following the tete-a-tete dinner, did the Countess persist
in discussing the Squeamington Committee; in all its leaden details of question
and answer, between the dealers in professional fibbery and the amateurs of the
...
Catherine Grace Frances Gore, 1841
In this case some great wrong has to be done, and those who are bent on doing it
are ready to wear all disguise, this or that side out, if they may but do it. As this
sort of fibbery is 1 practised only by a few high graduates in the devil's college, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIBBERY»
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fibbery is used in the context of the following news items.
Low Popahirum, July 8, 2015
The pants suit, the seemingly botoxed brow and resultant crazy eyes, and the passionate dedication to fibbery made for fascinating television. «The Hayride, Jul 15»
Cal football spring practice resumes: Goffense fully operational …
He plays on the Cal rugby team as a flyhalf/center. Giorgio Tavecchio was at practice today too, and is a skilled practitioner of fibbery. «California Golden Blogs, Apr 15»
NBC's Brian Williams claims Navy SEALs sent him a thank you note
Perhaps best illustrating how Williams' fibbery has made itself into popular culture, the Minor League Baseball Akron RubberDucks will host ... «Examiner.com, Feb 15»
The Sins of Brian Williams
The Twitteratti are in a tizzy over Williams' blatant fibbery: he's been telling the same story for years, all about how he was in a helicopter over ... «Antiwar.com, Feb 15»
View from the Street: People certainly do care about the ABC cuts …
Leaving aside the barefaced fibbery of "no cuts to the ABC and SBS", they've already had their freakin' education minister start a petition about ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 14»
Ralph Hudgens: No longer an Obamacare 'obstructionist'
... spread, depression, sprawled, dishonesty, shortness, duplicitous, roguish, equivocal, reposing, falsehood, recumbent, fibbery, reclining, flat, ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Aug 14»
Open Net Pen versus Progressive Aquaculture
Clearly the Government have bought this fibbery, because they now repeat it themselves. Apparently we have to use the oceans as our septic ... «The Media Co-op, Feb 14»
VARs accused of ERP fibbery
Not all VARs are giving customers the whole truth when it comes to the cost of ERP roll outs, a recent poll has suggeted. Overspend and ... «CRN - UK, Jan 14»
Foley keeps GOP off balance with unexpected 'exploratory …
“Dan Malloy is trying to dress up this pig with Malloy math and fibbery. Don't believe it,” Foley said. “This pig is so ugly it can't be made pretty. «The Connecticut Mirror, Sep 13»
Arrested Development Season 4 Watch: Episode 15 - Blockheads
“Blockheads” mainly concerns itself with the escalating level of fibbery that Michael and George Michael are rapidly climbing, which we've seen before, only we ... «Cinema Blend, May 13»
