10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GIVE SOMEONE CURRY»
Discover the use of
give someone curry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
give someone curry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
Rhyming slang UK, 1932 currants and plums noun the gums. Rhyming slang UK,
1992 curry noun verbal support on the emphatic end of the scale NEW ZEALAND
, 1998 . < give someone curry 1 to attack someone. That is, make it 'hot' for ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
... pi-jaw; rap; raspberry; razz; rocket; rollicking; what for; wigging To reprimand
bawl out; bollock; bottle; brass someone off; carpet; chew someone's ass; chew
someone out; give; give someone curry; give someone gyp; go someone
sconehot; ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink
They are used, preferably fresh, as a flavouring element in many Indian dishes,
notably in the South. In Australian English, to 'give someone curry' is to abuse or
scold them. cush-cush See YAM. cushion A term dating back at least to the early.
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Understanding Australian English : An Essential Guide to ...
Piker Someone who does not want to be involved in an activity. Piss in the wind
To behave in an ineffectual manner. To give someone curry To give someone a
hard time, to harass them or insult them. University student in the library being a ...
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Australian words and their origins
(Sydney) 28 Apr. 3 The 'Currency Lasses' were "bumpered, three times three', as
we hope they always will be. curry. (Prob. fig. use of curry spiced dish; but see
also Kurrajong S. ] In the phr. to give (someone) curry, to make hfe difficult or "hot'
...
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A gourmet's guide: food and drink from A to Z
In Australian English, to 'give someone curry' is to abuse or scold them. • Cush-
Cush □ See yam • Custard • In medieval times a custard was an open tart rather
like a modern quiche, with meat, fish, etc. covered in a rich egg mixture which ...
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New Zealand English: an introduction to New Zealand speech ...
go to the pack (to get into a bad state) give something away (to abandon it, give it
up) give someone curry (to abuse or assault someone) hack off (to annoy - for
example, that hacks me off; hacked off = annoyed) jack something up (to arrange,
...
Elizabeth Gordon, Tony Deverson, 1985
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New Zealand English and English in New Zealand
... and so on) give something away (to abandon it, give it up) give someone curry
(to abuse or assault someone) hack off (to annoy, as in for example that hacks
me off; hacked off = annoyed) jack something up (to arrange, fix - with suggestion
...
Elizabeth Gordon, Tony Deverson, 1998
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Australian National Identity
Idioms are derived from the common language stock by a number of processes: a
) by combining words to express a unitary sense (standover man, tall poppy,
siivertail, tin-arse, up to putty, give someone curry, cruel someone's pitch, spine ...
Charles Archibald Price, 1991
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Becoming a Goddess of Inner Poise: Spirituality for the ...
When you give someone curry and chocolate, sometimes at first they say: "Oh my
God, that sounds disgusting." But then if I can get them to try it, all of a sudden
they're open to all these other combinations that before seemed so wild. So I
hope ...
