10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRISSIER»
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prissier in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
prissier and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How Shall We Sing?: A Mediterranean Journey Through a Jewish ...
... down her prissier sisters' backs. Such a pretty, wide-eyed child and so
mischievous. 'Think of going to Corinna's as company for your grandmother. You'
ll have a room of your own,' Rachele and Banino, trying another tack, Said to
Yolanda.
2
Cliques, Hicks, and Ugly Sticks
She had always been prissier than me or Melissa, but we always had fun and got
along just fine. I couldn't imagine her being any different than usual. “Right there,”
Melissa said. “Look!” My gaze followed her pointing finger. That first day of ...
all the framed nudes were males. Hiding his revulsion, he tried to focus on what
his host was saying. “Oh, I know it's not much,” Lance gushed, slouching against
a delicate rice paper partition and growing prissier by the second, “but I make do.
When it comes to sexual freedom, we may end up leaving the 2oth century
prissier than we [and Virginia Woolf] found it." A more negative review skewers
the "glazed hero(ine)" for being "such a conceptual freak, identity formed more
232 ...
... wedding, for, despite her words, he'd known sure as the dickens that she felt
the same sparks sizzling between them that he did. Still, she wouldn't even let
him hold her close when they danced at the wedding reception. She acted
prissier.
6
Handbags: What Every Woman Should Know
Some had handles and were carried by hand, others had hooks to attach to a
waistband. harpsichord, a game of cards, or a monthly ball. Clothing mirrored the
tenor of the times by growing prissier. Skirts got bigger and more voluminous, ...
7
The Trial: The Assassination of President Lincoln and the ...
During the month of March last, I saw John Wilkes Booth and John H. Surratt
there, and of the prisoners, Mr. Wood, [pointing to the prissier, Lewis Payne,] I do
not know him by any other name, and Mr. Atzerodt [pointing to the accused,
George ...
8
Service Dress Blues: A Rep & Melissa Pennyworth Mystery
She lowered her voice almost to a whisper when she spoke the vulgarity, as if
she were mildly ashamed about using it but feared that a prissier expression
would seem stilted and out of place. Melissa accepted the cup in the woman's left
hand ...
9
Communication and Community
For Park fully agreed with Francis Bacon that the light of the sun enters the sewer
as well as the palace. There was something defiantly unsqueamish about
Chicago sociology in its willingness to venture where the prissier Protestant
reformers ...
Gregory J. Shepherd, Eric W. Rothenbuhler, 2000
10
The Secret Language of Knitters
The prissier among us know it as a felted join, but spit splice is just such an
evocative term that I would hate to see it go by the wayside. The first thing to
know about a spit splice is that it only works on animal fibers—yarns that felt. Fray
the last ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRISSIER»
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prissier is used in the context of the following news items.
Kala Ghoda 2.0: Mumbai's art diaspora shifts away from SoBo
They house the revered (and some of the admittedly prissier) galleries, with artworks sporting famous signatures and startling price-tags. «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
The definitive literary guide to mixed martial arts
It is the kind of ploy that has dismayed some of Howley's prissier American reviewers. How can you trust a non-fiction book written by a fictional ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
Can You Bike In The Snow?
Fenders will help protect your bike's prissier components, and maybe spare your pants a fractional amount of the crap shooting off the sidewalk. «Gothamist, Jan 15»
Bruce Jenner: His Friend Says He's Much 'Prissier' Now
Bruce is undergoing the transition to become a woman and it's starting to change his every day life, especially when it comes to love of his life ... «Hollywood Life, Dec 14»
Charmed by Masters' unlikeability
responds Bill, looking even prissier than usual (and that's saying something). The script seems to obliquely address a vexing question -- one ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Oct 14»
Motorsport: Klimenko queen of V8s
The Erebus race team owner has bemused a few of the prissier owners and management with her in-your-face enthusiasm. A few have even ... «New Zealand Herald, Oct 14»
White Birkenstocks Are Taking Over
"The white is a little prissier and more dressed up than traditional colors, which means they're a little more acceptable for different situations.". «Fashionista, Jul 14»
Why You Should Hate Team USA
Honestly, is there a prissier shower of whining jackanapes in world football than the oh-so-wearisomely precious types who attach themselves ... «The New Republic, Jun 14»
theartsdesk in Basel: More than Minimalism
It's part of the Basel easy-going quality, its Gemütlichkeit, as distinct from ever so slightly prissier Zurich, which I noticed in the concert-hall ... «The Arts Desk, Apr 14»
Liam Fay: To the Mansion House born, Oisín cleans up Tír na nÓg
Like many of Labour's prissier standard-bearers, Quinn appears only dimly aware that his party is in government. He burbles with anxiety about ... «Irish Independent, Feb 14»
