10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINGINESS»
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A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry; ...
... remainder to his brother german, Alexander Macleod, of Minginess, remainder
to William Macleod, alias Macwilliam Macleod, of Meidle, the heir male of Tormod
, second son of John, sixth laird of Macleod, remainder to his own nearest and ...
... in short, the riddle of creation — about as much as the grasping minginess of a
Harpagon, or the vindictive savagery of a Barere, illuminates the generous
prodigality of a Goldsmith or the noble chivalry of a Chevalier de Maison Rouge.
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Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants
... them all in a vegetarian shish kebab. The duly impressed monarch had a
servant fetch for the pea- lusionist a bag full of what the fellow took for gold
nuggets, but soon found to be peas. When the dismayed artiste protested the
minginess of ...
... when she runs out of capsules,_ and Jamun proposes that the quack be
consulted before his prescription's renewed, and she initially bridles, arraigning
him with a minginess befitting his father's son ('I'm not spilling your money on my
pills!
Upamanyu Chatterjee,
1997
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History of Four Footed Beasts
Writers. Elephantia. His is a cankred Minginess, spreading over all the body,
which cometh of abundance of' melancholy, corrupt and filthy bloud. The fignes
he these: The-Horse will beall mangy and sturvy,full of scabs, and raw plots
about the ...
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What Do You Want from Me?: Learning to Get Along with In-Laws
Amy Bloom writes about her in-laws' “minginess, their poormouthing, their harsh
unhappiness.” Her hatred can “roil” because it is protective. She herself smarts
from the terrible things her in-laws have said to her spouse, and the way their ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
mingler noun. • mingling noun.® 15c: from Anglo-Saxon mengan to mix. mingy /'
mind3i/ Brit derog, colloa o adj (mingier, mingiest) ungenerous; mean; meagre. •
minginess noun. ©Early 20c. mini /'mini/ colloa o- noun (minis) something small ...
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Literary Imagination, Ancient and Modern: Essays in Honor of ...
Because he was drawn to such interlocutors, it is small wonder that David's
occasional inquiries into the critical literature of the day could leave him
sputtering about a minginess of imagination in the academy. The inquiries were
never ...
Todd Breyfogle, David Grene,
1999
He strode back through Muriel's kingdom, dejected, cold and at sea, towards the
bachelor minginess oftheold squashcourt. Thedegreeto whichhe had
alreadybeendegraded curdled hisblood. Returning, as hehad, from
Johannesburg tofindhis ...
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A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian ...
... bill,” she wrote to Congdon. “I find that I am totally shocked at this kind of
minginess, which I can't believe is your idea. Is everybody out to annoy
everybody else at any cost to themselves?” Not infrequently, Hellman
overrode the authority ...
Alice Kessler-Harris,
2012
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINGINESS»
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Car Review: 2016 Audi A6 3.0 TDI Technik
Buy the A6 for its poise and opulence; gloat about its penny-pinching minginess. Car Review: 2014 Audi A7 TDI Technik. Other than the outer ... «Driving, Jun 15»
A new biography of Lillian Hellman reconsiders the merits and …
I find that I am totally shocked at this kind of minginess, which I can't believe is your idea. Is everybody out to annoy everybody else at any cost ... «Capital New York, Apr 12»
Wellfleet scrimps on capital behind 'Born Yesterday'
Even so, this production's extreme minginess makes one worry for the state of the Wellfleet theater's coffers. The design consists of some ... «Boston Globe, Jul 10»