10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUBSY»
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fubsy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Household Words: A Weekly Journal
Were my t mpanum sensitive enough I might hear, I are say, the stout-ankled,
fubsy, ruddy, yellow-haired, German maidens singing in chorus as they wash
their linen in the little river Knaster ; the Lifeguardsmen of his Impecuniosity, the
Grand ...
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Household Words: A Weekly Journal
I could see as we came up to the carriages, Fubsy rousing my papa with his
elbow, preparing for the pleasure of recognising a man of my standing in the
midst of my aristocratic acquaintance ; so, putting on my coldest air, I raised my
whip- ...
3
Gobbledygook: A Dictionary That's 2/3 Accurate, 1/3 Nonsense ...
fubsy,. auwai,. trungish. 1. fubsy (FuHB-zee) (adj.): Chubby, squat, as an
individual. This chiefly British word might best be exemplified by fubsy, chiefly
British comedian Benny Hill. 2. auwai (OO-wee) (noun): Hawaiian term denoting
an ...
4
The Story of English in 100 Words
They included abstergent ('cleansing or scouring'), compossible ('possible in
coexistence with something else'), fatidical ('prophetic'), fubsy ('short and stout'),
niddering ('cowardly') andskirr ('a whirring or grating sound, as of thewingsof
birds ...
5
Walsingham: or, the Pupil of Nature
On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, and
Infidels adore.1 This silly remark was drowned in the incessant gabble of Mrs. O'
Liffy, in the character of Silence; while Lady Fubsy, with a voice more like
Boreas2 ...
Mary Robinson, Julie A. Shaffer, 2003
6
Ulysses and the Irish God
In Serpentine avenue Beelzebub showed me her, a fubsy widow. Where's the red
carpet spread? BLOOM (approaching Stephen) Look .... (466.3921) Stephen's
rendering of last night's dream links Bloom with Satan: he mentions "Serpentine"
...
FUBSY 'Fat and fubsy Fellows of Colleges' hardly exist nowadays. Nor does
fubsy, which used to mean squat and stout. The modern don is usually a lean
young man. Instead of brimming with port and erudition, he avoids the former and
...
Ivor John Carnegie Brown, 1943
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A word in your ear ; &, Just another word
FUBSY 'Fat and fubsy Fellows of Colleges' hardly exist now. Nor, save in Kipling,
does fubsy, which meant squat and stout. The modern don is usually a lean
young man. Instead of brimming with port and erudition, he avoids the former and
...
Ivor John Carnegie Brown, 1963
9
Pecked to Death by Ducks
A biologist friend of mine believes some animals are naturally "fubsy," which is to
say, in less than scientific terms, cute. The public at large loves fubsy animals.
When our fubsy pals are endangered — when people go around braining baby ...
More so,' said Mrs. Muff, encouragingly, ' because pa ' (Nicholas Fubsy, familiarly
denominated 'Old A ick ') 'said it was almost good enough to be sung a Sundays
after Tabernacle.' There was a little bird, His cage hung in the ball; On Monday ...
Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith, 1841
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUBSY»
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'While We're Young' takes aim at the old and the new
And who's that fubsy professor at the center of Josh's own never-ending film project? It's Peter Yarrow, minus his one-time singing partners Paul ... «Boston Globe, Apr 15»
Reese's candies, ranked
... are not performing delicate chemistry, or sounding like a gourmand getting fubsy with your peanut butter and chocolate candy requirements. «SB Nation, Oct 14»
Aww-some animals: Why do baby mammals melt our hearts?
Baby animals have the edge - fubsy lion cubs are cute - but their adult counterparts are, no matter how handsome, menacing. null. There is an ... «BBC News, Jun 14»
Philip Seymour Hoffman was a bravura actor who made his pain a …
(He knew all too well what the corporations were always going to ask artists to do.) In the little-seen gem Owning Mahowny (2003), he's a fubsy ... «Entertainment Weekly, Feb 14»
Thor: The Dark World and About Time
Some of the characters are underdeveloped—principally Richard Cordery as a fubsy uncle and Lydia Wilson as Tim's vaguely troubled sister. «Reason, Nov 13»
'Kill Your Darlings': Farewell, Potter; hello, Ginsberg
With Carr, Allen finds a running mate as contemptuous of post-World War II society and fubsy old professors as he doesn't yet dare to be. «Boston Globe, Oct 13»
Summer voyages: The Hounds of the Morrigan
"My fubsy one! You shall have Red Cap Pasty, Peggy's Leg, Kiss Pie and Walking Stick, Hafner's Pie and Soup of the Day." Its impossibly ... «The Guardian, Jul 13»
'Cloud Atlas' is up in the air
We Ping-Pong to 2012 London, where the fubsy book publisher Tim Cavendish (Jim Broadbent) runs from gangsters and is imprisoned in an ... «Boston.com, Oct 12»
Your questions to Jeremy Bowen
@Fubsy asks: What's driving the recent Mideast unrest? Social media? Spontaneous or organised? What is the end game? Jeremy answers: ... «BBC News, Sep 12»
“Breaking Bad” gets cooking
This split is staged schematically and simply, like a scene from some fubsy science film that Old Walter might have screened in his old ... «Salon, Jul 12»
