10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STOCK-STILL»
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Harrap's essential English Dictionary
StOCk-Still /stDk'stil/ adjective or, adverb Someone is stock-still, or is standing
stock-still, when they are, or are standing, absolutely still without moving at all: He
was standing stock-still, staring vacantly into space. Stocktaking /stokteikirj/ noun
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
stock-still. adverb he stood stock-still. See motionless. stocky. adjective a short,
stocky man: thickset, heavily built, sturdy, sturdily built, heavyset, bull-necked,
chunky, solid, dumpy, stubby, stumpy, squat; burly, beefy, meaty, hulking,
strapping, ...
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Recovering the Black Female Body: Self-representations by ...
Whitman reminds his readers of the relative freedom of white male bodies, which
cavort unclothed in the great outdoors, in contrast to the female body, which
remains hidden in the dark under layers of fabric and standing stock still —
finding ...
Michael Bennett, Vanessa D. Dickerson,
2001
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
1923. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1924. As still as a stock; stock-
still (APP 354; EAP 415; MP 595) 1990 They stood stock-still. (p. 12) 1990 I was
watching Ellie Wingate, who stood stock-still. (p. 50) Mayor, Archer. Border Lines.
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder,
2005
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The Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values: The Shooter's ...
$460 Exc.: $400 VGood: $300 STURM RUGER MODEL 77/22 RMP Same specs
as Ruger Model 77/22 RM except stainless finish; synthetic stock. Still in
production. Perf.: $460 Exc.: $400 VGood: $300 STURM RUGER MODEL 77/
22RP ...
Stock-still, still an a He's, he u. um poet. 1 '11, I will. There's, there u. I 'm, I am.
You're, you are. Peon donkey! I'll give him a handful of grass; I'm sure he's an
henest, though stupid, old ass. He trota to the market to carry the sack, And lets
me ...
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A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
6 , And, though 'The Mercury' said 'nav,' nor stock 1143.59 Two Poets 743 "
Ninnies stock Noodledom, but folk more sage . . . 1145. 1S Two Poets 84^ "Got
no end of wealth and honour. — vet I stood stock still no less?" ' 1174.21 Clive 21
Into ...
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Beyond impressionism: the naturalist impulse
Now this challenging book adds a new dimension to that period, showing that at the same time the Naturalists were shaping a different view of painting.
Gabriel P. Weisberg,
1992
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High are the Waters, Heaven Sent
Jerry Twomey. STOCK STILL THE HOUSES ON THE HILL STOOD Stock-still the
houses on the hill stood Shoulder to shoulder ... Stock took, arm within arm's
reach, each Of the other ... walls are erected and corners are made where lines of
...
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Stock-still 5429 As many as one can shake a Stick at 1818 Lancaster Journal in
Thornton Glossary 2.779: We have ... as many Taverns as you can shake a stick
at. Barbour 173(6); TW 353(2). 5430 It is easy to find a Stick (cudgel) to beat a ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting,
1977