ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCHOOL-GATE MUM
From the fact that such women are to be seen congregating at school gates every afternoon, waiting to take their children home.
9 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHOOL-GATE MUM»
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school-gate mum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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At other times Mum would bring my lunch and wait under the coolabah tree
outside the school gate. Mum always emphasised how important it was to learn
to read and write. Like Dad, she was continually stressing the importance of
learning ...
'Our little afterthought' he'd once heard her calling him to another school-gate
mum. Petroc had been far too young to know what she was talking about and had
imagined 'Afterthought' was just an embarrassing middle name. Years later when
...
Ethan runs up and hugs me at the school gate. “Mum! I've missed you so much.”
His grey-blue eyes are as endless as the sky. “I've missed you too, Eth. What do
you think of my eye, pretty bonza, hey?” “It's real bonza, but Mum, don't do it ...
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Creative Compounding in English: The Semantics of ...
See, for instance, the expression school-gate mum, which was coined by the
British Labour Party before the 2005 general elections, when the party launched
a campaign to target an electoral group of young, married women with children
who ...
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Confronting Postmaternal Thinking: Feminism, Memory, and Care
“This Election Will Be Won at the School Gate Mum Power Matters. Politicians of
All Parties Are Lining up to Test Their Family-Friendliness with the Voters on
Mumsnet.” Times, November 17, 2009. Thomson, Alistair. Anzac Memories:
Living ...
When we first went to school, the authorities thought Re could manage without
any help but every morning at the school gate Mum would whisper to me, 'Keep
an eye on your sister, Vicky.' So I did. I looked out for her. Kept the bad kids away.
her emotionally powerful and unputdownable new novel Adele Parks, Sunday Times bestselling author of ABOUT LAST NIGHT, asks the question: what if love's not enough?
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The No-nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade
This disturbing book names the players in the arms trade and charts the impact that it has had on war, human rights, and development.
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Cocktails at Naptime: A Woefully Inadequate Guide to Early ...
A hilarious look at those first twelve months (from birth to back-to-work) and the antidote to the 'how to' parenting manuals and the glut of 'girlfriend' books.
Gillian Martin, Emma Kaufmann, 2010
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHOOL-GATE MUM»
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school-gate mum is used in the context of the following news items.
Beware the sting of the school-gate Queen Bee: She's the alpha …
Near Leeds, a friend was with her lovely gaggle of children and was stopped by a school-gate mum: 'Aren't they just adorable? I'm so intrigued by the unusual ... «Daily Mail, May 13»
ARE school-gate mums REALLY riven with rivalry?
The tale of mums feuding at the school gates is expected to strike a chord with ... at the school gate every day – and follows the progress of their relationships ... «Herald.ie, Mar 13»
Battle of the school-gate mums
All over the country this week, they were gathering in the playgrounds. Some were whey-faced with anxiety, others bullishly confident. Plenty were crying. «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 09»
