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Desert Rose and Her
Highfalutin Hog
Upon finding a large gold nugget on her pig farm, Desert Rose sets out to buy the biggest, fattest hog in Texas to enter in the state fair, but first she must get the hog to Laredo and every animal she asks for help is just as "ornery" as ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
See etYMOloGY (d). Hiccup, vb., makes hiccuped and hic- cuping in AmE,
hiccupped and hiccupping in BrE. See spEllING (b). highfalutin (= pretentious,
pompous) is preferably so spelled, as opposed to highfaluting, highfalutin', or
hifalutin.
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Garner's Modern American Usage
1996, Entertainment §, at 7. hierarchical; ✳hierarchic. The latter is a needless
variant that appears barely 1% as often as the standard term, hierarchical. See -ic
. highfalutin (= pretentious, pompous) is preferably so spelled, as opposed to ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
highfalutin(g) . Rant or bombast: orig. (–1850), U.S.; anglicized ca 1865: coll. Pall
Mall Gazette, 3 May 1886, 'A glib master of frothy fustian, of flatulent highfalutin',
and of oratorical bombast'.
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How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You ...
(oflanguage) grand-sounding highfalutin derives from the words 'high' and 'fluting
': together, these words mean 'to speak in a melodious way reminiscent of the
sound ofa flute' e.g. Novels are divided into those that are commercial, such as ...
Hubert van den Bergh,
2010
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Generating Natural Language Under Pragmatic Constraints
Case 3 (to a friend): colloquial, implicit, all (details and interpretations), planned
Case 4 (making a speech): highfalutin, explicit, details, somewhat planned Case
5 (to the boss): colloquial, implicit, interpretations, pressured Topic: results and ...
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His Moment in Time: A Historical Memoir
“I'm kind of a drifter but recently have taken to a highfalutin woman, who's not
ready to make a commitment.” Sam interrupted and extended his hand. “My
name is Sam Pierson, and you're?” He nodded his head and shook Sam's hand
warmly.
Highfalutin'. USB. Cable? The test: You've seen the ads for so-called "high-speed
" USB cables, but are they any different from their garden-variety counterparts? Is
it worth the money to buy a cable with a more promising label or will the ...
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AARP Arizona and the Grand Canyon 2012
INEXPENSIVE HiFalutin Rapid Fire Western Grill AMERICAN Tired of highfalutin
steakhouses with highfalutin prices? Me, too. The only thing highfalutin at this
casual restaurant is the name, and that's why it's one of my favorite Tucson ...
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The Language of the Civil War
It had a pattern of checks or narrow blue stripes. highfalutin An informal word to
describe someone who was pretentious, pompous, or snobbish; e.g., "General
Lee got the job done without the usual highfalutin talk associated with officers.
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Mayo: Republican frontrunner Donald Trump called deadbeat by …
... has it tough because planes taking off from Palm Beach International Airport have the audacity to fly over his highfalutin' Mar-a-Lago club? «Sun Sentinel, 7月 15»
Low Brow, High Readership | India Currents
Those of you who furrow your brows around the highfalutin books often reviewed in these pages, kindly relax and please know that there are at ... «India Currents, 7月 15»
Kelly Rutherford – How Do I Feel? Read My Lips | TMZ.com
The brood has been hitting up some highfalutin places ... the Met, a children's museum and some high-end shopping. Tony probably came in ... «TMZ.com, 7月 15»
A lot like it hot: Our relationship with hot sauce is on fire
That last one, he notes, pairs nicely with fish tacos: “It's the sharp sweetness with the delicate fish,” which might sound a little highfalutin, but ... «The Globe and Mail, 7月 15»
Q&A With Mark Sanford's “Speechwriter”
Well, the highfalutin answer : Because I wanted to somehow universalize the story — to make it about something bigger than South Carolina ... «FITSNews, 7月 15»
New guise for South African Book Fair
What I have tried to do is make it more fun, not highfalutin. I just want it to be a whole bunch of fun, to spread the love of reading. Not to judge. «BDlive, 7月 15»
Review: 'ScoopTHAT' For National Ice Cream Day On July 19th
Now, I know you are thinking to yourself, why do I some highfalutin, la-di-dah kitchen gadget when I have a big ole soup spoon I can use? «Monsters and Critics.com, 7月 15»
Mayor's malleable man Andy Pringle is wrong choice to lead the …
Remember how Pringle took Blair on an expenses-paid fishing trip to one of his highfalutin' fishing holes out East? When the Brothers Ford ... «Toronto Star, 7月 15»
Reel Talk: The Fuck Everything Edition
But its writers were never highfalutin in their expression, never intimidating or burdened by academic stuffiness; no, they clearly knew their shit ... «The 405, 7月 15»
Should Doctors And Drugmakers Keep Their Distance?
The series even sparked a highfalutin rejoinder from former Journal editors, who took their old home to task in the pages of a rival prestige ... «KUOW News and Information, 7月 15»