10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPLODGY»
Discover the use of
splodgy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
splodgy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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It Hurts You Inside: Children Talking about Smacking
... girl) Teachers don't like smacking 'Your mums and dads 'Your teacher and your
family' and spbdge, 'The teachers' (seven-year-old boy) [six-year-old gin}
Splodge 'Splodgy.-" (six-year-old boy) I think you're right, but Splodgy hasn't said
so.
Carolyne Willow, Tina Hyder, 1998
It was a very interesting place to watch. It was by far the best of all his creations.
He had created many worlds, of course. The dinosaurs had been a disaster. They
just wanted to eat each other all the time. And the world of green splodgy aliens ...
3
Oxford Thesaurus of English
adjective 1 the spotted leaves: mottled, dappled, dapple, pied, piebald, brindled,
brindle, speckled, speckly, flecked, specked, stippled; informal splodgy, splotchy;
technical macular, maculate, maculated, foxed, guttate. 2 a black-and-white ...
4
Too Much Holly, Not Enough Holy?: Searching for Christmas
We slipped them on the cookie racks to cool. I started to mix up some colored
icing sugar. The phone rang. When I returned, Splodgy-puss was wearing a
Cheshire-cat grin. Splodgy loves sweet things. He'd polished off a whole rack of
cookies ...
5
The Australasian Pastoralists' Review Vol VIII
Let's have a ball," said Splodgy, forthwith beginning to pour forth reminiscences
of gorgeous festivities in which he had been the leading spirit. “ Tip-top affairs like
the Government House push. only more money spent, not so much side, and ...
It would not look good if the names were to get splodgy.” “Good thinking,” said
Qrentin Toad, who was usually quite content with a bit of dampness himself. The
question then came up about who would take it to the Town Hall. As they argued
...
Martin Winbolt-Lewis, 2013
7
The Great Blue Yonder (PB)
I looked at the splodgy biro that he held between his podgy fingers. Was it true
that he'd sort of liked me really and had almost laughed at my jokes? Or had he
just said that because I was dead now and because you're supposed to say nice
...
8
G. I. Gurdjieff: The War Against Sleep and the Strange Life ...
... same printed papers, being curious and looking deeperand deeperinto them
with a microscope, I have seen that in splodgy ink stroke and dull fibrous texture,
each part was definite, exact, absolutely so far and no farther, punctiliously
correct ...
... or flowers. Books are piled haphazardly wherever there is a flat surface empty
enough to take them. On the buttercup-yellow walls is a random collection of
postcards, photographs, quotes and children's splodgy paintings in primary
colours.
The first bird that I learnt to draw, for example, was started with three short
splodgy strokes that form the back of the bird. In total it takes about twenty or so
strokes to do the whole bird. “When you happy, the bird you paint is happy,”
James Bond ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPLODGY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
splodgy is used in the context of the following news items.
The most common nail care disasters and their solutions
Ever find that one hand looks perfect and the other a splodgy mess when painting your nails? We've definitely been there. Solution: Although it can be tempting ... «Closer, Jul 15»
How to wear blue in the summertime
These colours have been used on pristine white backgrounds to create glorious patterns – some a bit splodgy and Matisse-y, others more reminiscent of Delft ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
The Strokes, Hyde Park, London — review
Possibly in a Fat Elvis-gone-to-art-school phase — hanks of hair dyed splodgy red and stainy yellow — he bawled his lyrics in his characteristic drawl. On the big ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
"It's not about glamorising the Nineties, but filtering it somehow"
I saw close-up a fabric with a wild, splodgy paint-brush pattern being worked on in the studio. It was photographed on Rio beach with the sensual carelessness ... «VOGUE India, Jun 15»
Barbapapa at 45: bon anniversaire to much-loved French cartoon clan
Barbapapa, the splodgy pink cartoon character beloved by French schoolchildren and translated into 30 languages, has reached middle age. The characters ... «The Guardian, May 15»
Boris Johnson joins David Cameron's campaign by QUENTIN LETTS
They were at a nursery school and everyone dipped their palms in a splodgy tray of blue paint. Ancient Brits used to smear their faces in such stuff before taking ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
Hilarious misspellings and 'X-rated' scenes - these kids' drawings …
As supportive, encouraging parents, our kids' artwork usually goes straight up on the fridge door - no matter how splodgy or illegible it may be. However, every ... «Irish Mirror, Apr 15»
The 7 Stages of Grieving theatre review (Bille Brown Studio, Brisbane)
... SILLY NATION, which gradually melts away under a healing shower of water and becomes the splodgy word RECONCILIATION, with so many resonances. «Daily Review, Mar 15»
King Tut's beard 'hastily glued back on with epoxy'
The priceless funeral mask of Tutankhamen has been damaged at the Cairo museum, causing curators to glue it back together with white-ish, splodgy glue. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
Cat owners plead with the public
... missing Theo, a tabby and white two-year-old male, and Winton resident Elaine White is missing Taffy, a splodgy grey-coloured male with a fawn underbelly. «The Southland Times, Jan 15»
