10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRIMINESS»
Discover the use of
griminess in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
griminess and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The structures assigned by this means still need to be labelled; we need to
represent the fact that grimy is an adjective and griminess is a noun. Lieber takes
care of this by means of feature-percolation conventions, which ensure that
features ...
Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy, 2002
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
1 5c: from Flemish grijm. grimier, grimiest, grimily and griminess see under
GRIMY grimy /'graimi/ c> adj (grimier, grimiest) covered with grime; dirty. • grimily
adverb. • griminess noun. grin /grin/ o verb (grinned, grinning) 1 intr to smile
broadly, ...
The reigning queen of urban fiction ("Publishers Weekly") delivers the much-anticipated sequel to the "Essence" bestseller "Dirty Red."
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Writing and Grammar, Grade 9: Communication in Action
Developing. Your. Style: Choosing. Specific,. Concrete. Nouns. EXERCISE A:
From each group below, write the noun that is the most specific or concrete. Then
use this noun in an original sentence. Example: disorder griminess unkemptness
...
Native Son has captured, as no other novel has, the powerful emotions and suffering, the frustrations and yearnings, the restlessness and hysteria, of all the Bigger Thomases.
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Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
The blackening is better described as griminess and is at first especially evident
on the ventral side, particularly about the throat and jaws. This griminess steadily
increases and by four weeks (at room temperature) an athyroid specimen is ...
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Information for Foreigners: Three Plays
The collection also includes The Walls and Antigona Furiosa.
Griselda Gambaro, Marguerite Feitlowitz, 1992
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Five Minute Talks: 2d Series
THAVE for very many years been interested in grimy little boys, not on account of
their griminess, but in spite of it, for of course any sane person would prefer that
all boys should be scrubbed and highly polished. The griminess was an ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
A not unnatural sense-development of grim; see show, n., 2. griminess. Obscenity
, eroticism in literature, 'smut': literary coll. Ware cites Daily News, 19 Jan 1895.
grimmer, n An unpleasant person: Public Schools': since mid-19305. Ex grim, by
...
Mr. Rann's leathern apron and subdued griminess can leave no one in any doubt
that he is the village shoemaker ; the thrusting out of his chin and stomach, and
the twirling of his thumbs, are more subtle indications, intended to prepare ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRIMINESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
griminess is used in the context of the following news items.
Blake Bailey
Yates has a lot of fun contrasting Pookie Grimes's longing for “flair” with her essential griminess: Her “uncertain lips” are forever smeared with ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
The Fat Ugly Truth About Dating
Not every man will find her attractive and that's just the griminess of life. Sure, we can quietly suspect that the bloke here is a drongo, that he's ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
'In Stereo' Is More Than Just Young Creatives in Love, in New York …
Initially, this is signaled by the opening title cards and neon griminess of the nighttime scenes, as well as a series of split-screen walking ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
I'm on a Boat
It's becoming quite obvious that Ballers is less a show about the glitz and griminess of pro football and more about a guy trying to prevent his ... «Vulture, Jul 15»
Tonight in live music: Alex Newell, Faces of Hip Hop 8, Steepwater …
Frontman Jeff Massey has a rusted vocal quality and slide guitar chops that add to Steepwater Band's griminess, and he's been leading the ... «Creative Loafing Tampa, Jun 15»
Branden Dawson
Scouts think the 6-foot-6 Dawson will be able to defend non-elite small forwards, bringing griminess and other intangilbles that will endear him to coaches ... «NBA.com, Jun 15»
Dej Loaf and Young Thug Supply Maximum Filth on Their New Slow …
This has all the sensuality of a dirty R&B groove and the griminess of a Trina classic, as Dej Loaf raps, for example, “Stretch that pussy out like ... «Jezebel, Jun 15»
Every Man a Political Donor
The griminess of 19th-century patronage offends modern sensibilities, but it was a solution to a real problem the political class faced—a Gilded ... «The Weekly Standard, Jun 15»
The Big Read: The world is no longer hiring
I will miss something of their griminess and their plastic tactility and their inconvenience, the way they funnelled you into an over-lit space with ... «Times LIVE, May 15»
Great Conversations: Helen Mirren
Yeah, it had a real griminess to it. Nobody looked like a shirt model. You could believe that they bathed once or twice a month and their teeth ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
