10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIDE BOY»
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wide boy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
wide boy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Wide Boy will take the reader directly into the balmy streets of a summer day in 1946 Bez Valley; to the street-brawls of the 1950s' Hillbrow and Yeoville; to the post-war euphoric boom days of Southern Rhodesia, the ensuing bush war, ...
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100 Statements about
Wide Boy That Almost Killed My Hamster
This book has been officially deemed a "chirp.
As Clive, who he'd conceived of as a kind of East End wide-boy, he spoke in the
faint cockney of his mother and was, by turns, brash and sentimentally earnest.
After the meeting he had no choice but to drink, pints bought for him, pints he ...
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
2 knowing, informed, aware IRELAND, 1991 wide boy noun a man living by his
wits, often a petty criminal UK, 1937 wide brown land noun Australia. Made
famous by the poem My Country by Dorothea Mackellar, 1914AUSTRALIA, 1908
wide ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Elliptical for wide boy: from ca. 1940.-—2. In to the wide, utterly; esp. in done or
whacked to the wide, utterly exhausted: coll.: from ca. 1912. Very gen. among
soldiers in WW1. (F. 6: G.) i.e. to the wide world: for all to see. WIDOWS —3.
Hence ...
'You won't do anything silly again.' 'Exactly, that's for sure. That's for sure.' The
word had really gone round that a sap was in the house. ' 'Ere, if you're looking
for something, he's got some lovely dogs,' said Billy, nodding towards a wide-boy
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The Parish of Frayed Ends
“He was a wide boy. You don't hear that these days – 'wide boy'. Probably, he still
is. Wide, that's Ben Beer.” Mary Biggs turned around, placing her big uniformed
bottom against the hand basin. “You found this body at twenty past seven, you ...
... certain amount from side to side 5 centimetres wide - adv off the target The
shots went wide: (often with apart) far apart to hold one's arms wide. - adj wide-
awake fully awake, alert -n wide-boy (slang) an astute or wily (often business)
person.
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The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Terracotta Figurines of ...
Top of large, rectangular vent preserved, 0.015 wide. Boy wears pilos and mantle
. Little detail; wide folds over left shoulder barely distinguishable. Face oval to
round. Similar, perhaps related mechanically: KT-23-12 from the Potters' Quarter
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RE-INCARNATED A SCHOOL
BOY
We had to put up with another guy, whom neither of us liked, a streetwise “wide-
boy” from the East End who liked to boast about the number of girls he had slept
with. We both complained to Simp (and Neale went so far as to say that he would
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIDE BOY»
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wide boy is used in the context of the following news items.
Why Long Island wide boys love London
We produced more than our fair share of what the English call wide boys — wheelers and dealers with a devil-may-care attitude towards the finer points of ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
Citi manager thought Hayes a 'wide boy', London Libor trial hears
Thursfield said in the call that Hayes came across as a "total wide boy" and "barrow boy" - derogatory British terms often used to mean a street-wise and ... «Reuters UK, Jun 15»
City trader in Libor scandal branded an 'unimpressive total wide boy'
A City trader accused of helping rig Libor rates was described in court today as 'unimpressive' and a 'total wide boy'. Tom Hayes, who traded yen derivatives for ... «Citywire.co.uk, Jun 15»
The best and worst of the Swansea City wide boys who played their …
While Swansea's tradition for wing play stretches back to the likes of Leighton James in the John Toshack days, the Liberty club have found joy out wide ever ... «WalesOnline, Feb 15»
William Keegan: 'Wide Boy' George Osborne Told a Whopper Over …
There is spin in British political life - indeed my old friend Alastair Campbell has made a career out of it - and there is what Winston Churchill once referred to as ... «International Business Times UK, Nov 14»
Jesse Lingard: The wide boy with an eye for goal who's facing a …
Usually, Warrington-born Lingard plays from the wide positions or as a second forward. He is a very capable finisher. VIDEO Scroll down to watch a young Jesse ... «Daily Mail, Aug 14»
Wide Boy Wayne: Rooney to play on the wing against Ecuador
Hodgson is set to play the Manchester United striker out of position of the left flank when England face Ecuador in Miami tonight. The 28-year-old is struggling for ... «Daily Star, Jun 14»
Chelsea wide boys need to steer clear of Atletico Madrid's narrow …
That's what they did to beat Real Madrid in September at the Bernabeu. Even the strikers are happy to drop deep to keep things solid. Atletico force teams wide ... «Daily Mail, Apr 14»
Why you can't trust the wide boys: Men with broad faces like North …
It is an established fact that someone with a long face is probably feeling a bit sorry for themselves - but scientists say people with wide faces are untrustworthy. «Daily Mail, Oct 13»
The Wild West wide boy Wyatt Earp was the hero of the Gunfight at …
WHEN the gun smoke cleared and the bodies hit the ground, Wyatt Earp was left standing as one of America's greatest heroes of the Wild West. By Peter ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 13»
