10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUDDY-DUDDIES»
Discover the use of
fuddy-duddies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fuddy-duddies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Encyclopedia of Practical Christianity
Second, when she went to church all by herself, the old fuddy duddies would look
at her. They had warned her about dating a non‐Christian. When she claimed
that she would get him saved and then they would attend church together, these
...
2
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and ...
Harry Haenigsen,Jive's Like That, 1947 • They're old fuddy-duddies who think
that what was a good salary a hundred years ago — Nat Hiken, Sergeant Bilko, p
. 74, 1957 • Aw, it's O.K., Alice. Christ, we're not a couple of old fuddy-duddies.
3
The Waddodles of Hollow Lake: The Mighty Oak
"You mean there's just a lot of old fuddy-duddies living here?" Fred asked. ''
Hearty har har, I am afraid so, Frederick." "Freddie!" Harriet scolded. "Our
neighbors are not old fuddy-duddies." "I beg to differ, Harriet," Hubbard said. "I
am afraid ...
Carole La Flamme Beighey, 2009
'She found me rather unexciting too.' 'Imperceptive of her.' 'That's what I thought.
She thought we were a real couple of fuddy-duddies.' 'Nothing wrong fuddy-
duddies.' 'No.' 'Though let it be said that we're sort of post-modernist fuddy-
duddies.
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From Blood to Compassion
fuddy-duddies. and. have. no. sense. of. humour. You will find that most families
that have a Freemason in them have code words for when the member goes to a
Lodge. Let me explain, the kids will come round to visit their parents, and will ...
LETTERS. House. Plans. &. Fuddy-Duddies. To the Editor: I have noted the
outrage with which some of your subscribers greet any change in Old-House
Journal, and wasn't particularly surprised at the negative letters regarding the "
Historic ...
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The Empire; The beginning:
She told me—these are her words, not mine— that the Chairman and ruling
council members were a bunch of old conservative fuddy-duddies.” Senator
Dived laughed and said, “I suppose an old fuddy-duddy would describe me.”
Smiling ...
8
What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?: And More Essays on ...
universities. are. eighty-year-old. fuddy-duddies. peering. over. their. spectacles.
and. muttering. about. "highly. irregular". applications. In truth, the people
charged with making these decisions are often just a few years out of college ...
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Was Frankenstein Really Uncle Sam? Vol III
Fuddy-Duddies. For most moderns, as seen in the Universal Declarations of
Rights by the United Nations, especially the 1948 and the 1998 ones, rights are '
natural' only in the sense of being treated as unquestioned theoretical first
principles ...
10
Mentalpause and Other Midlife Laughs
In fact, I used to always call my friends Pat and Ken—who are just a decade older
than I am—fuddy-duddies because they liked to stay home a lot. How dull is that?
To me, a single woman living in Europe and always on the go, their lives ...
Laura Jensen Walker, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUDDY-DUDDIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
fuddy-duddies is used in the context of the following news items.
When Laker skittled the Aussies
It's still being discussed by the old fuddy-duddies but none of us knew what really happened with it." Clouds of dust as the groundsman sweeps ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
Russia campaigns to stop SUICIDALLY STUPID selfies
Lest you think this is just some old fuddy-duddies telling Russian yoof to tone down their fun, consider this competition in which Russians can ... «The Register, Jul 15»
Croquet lives on in Wimbledon's margins
"I'm sorry to tell you the section is not increasing by that much," Hann, 77, said. "We're not all old fuddy-duddies; we have some younger people ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
Vans Warped Tour returns to St. Petersburg
Only the most hardcore fuddy-duddies will want to spend the entire day in there, though. There's always lots of great music and a great vibe at ... «Bradenton Herald, Jul 15»
Kim Kardashian Speaking Tonight at Castro Theater About …
The talk, produced by by San Francisco's Commonwealth Club (your grandparents' version of a TED Talk) brought out a bunch of fuddy-duddies (with KQED ... «The San Francisco Appeal, Jun 15»
Eight whiny excerpts from conservative justices' salty dissenting …
... Scalia and Thomas joining in all of the opposing dissents as if to pat their fellow fuddy-duddies on the back in a show of puritanical solidarity. «Death and Taxes, Jun 15»
Here's Why You Should Ignore Science and Keep Wearing Your …
All this scolding over skinny jeans is just a bunch of fuddy-duddies reeling in the fact that there is a tiny iota of scientific evidence to eradicate a ... «TIME, Jun 15»
The Mumbai chapter of the Lalit Modi mess
The venture never took off because the fuddy-duddies in the BCCI dithered and dithered. Modi's rise to global eminence in 2008 began at the ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»
Labour mourns Dame Dorothy Fraser
She said at the time that she joined because she had 'little faith in the party if it was ruled by fuddy-duddies, so I rounded up 10 other young ... «Scoop.co.nz, May 15»
Too Wrinkly To Rock? Confessions Of An Aging Fan
After all, we may be aging, but my peers and I are not fuddy-duddies. We would sooner drink hemlock than tune in to an easy listening station. «WBUR, May 15»
