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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
As straight as a ramrod; ramrod-straight (APP 303; MP 524) 1968 he moved with
a slow but ramrod-straight dignity. (p. 143) Greenwood, John. Mists Over Mosley.
1968. New York: Bantam Books, 1987. 1983 Ramrod straight she stood. (p.
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Manual of Drill for Mounted Rifle Volunteers, or Volunteer ...
RODDraw the ramrod straight out, turn it over towards the front, and place the
head of it on the bullet, still holding the ramrod with the two first fingers and the
thumb, the remaining fingers closed in the hand, knuckles to the front, elbow near
to ...
Great Britain. Army. Volunteers, John BOWER (Lieut.-Col.), 1863
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
A ramrod (q.v.) is a long metal rod used for loading and cleaning firearms. It gets
its name from the battering ram (q.v.), which in turn is named for the adult male
sheep. Also: "ramrod- straight." ST. STILL WET BEHIND THE EARS to be still wet
...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
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From Patriarchs to Prophets: A Poetic Anthology of the Old ...
STANDING RAMROD STRAIGHT It truly was a marvel of the day and was cast in
solid gold, The likeness ofa pretentious king, quite a thing to behold. All the
people were excited, for the king had made decree, That when the music played
all ...
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The Rainbow has no pink:
At least he cared about his pupils. A fifty-year-old bachelor, Mr Friend had
devoted his life to teaching and this school in particular. He stepped forward to
introduce his guest. The man next to him was tall, ramrod-straight, his hands
clasped ...
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Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American ...
photographs of unnamed ancestors my grandfather and I loved to study, in which
the men and women sat up ramrod-straight, with no hint of a slouch nor of a smile
nor any expression but the stern look you often see on soldiers in training ...
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Radical Vernacular: Lorine Niedecker and the Poetics of Place
I'm looking, I'm looking, and . . . son of a gun. That sucker's standing straight up
and down like this, its beak about as long as your arm, beak to the sky, head
hunched into the shoulders, ramrod straight, camouflaging itself into the brush.
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Cancer
Straight Ahead: The Story of a Battle with No ...
Chapter. 22. -. The. Meeting. hile these activities were taking place in his body,
Jack and his entire family were gathered in the vast and luxurious family ballroom
. The guests sat ramrod straight in their assigned places according to Jack's ...
Claude Huard, Kristen Lafrance, 2010
His back was ramrod-straight, his hands jammed in his pockets. When he turned
to face her, she could tell he was exhausted—none of them had slept all night.
Correction—she and Ben hadn't slept for the last two nights, she remembered
with ...
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Straight Outta Scotland: A True Story of Fakery, Money and ...
I was in bed by midnight, ramrod straight beneath the duvet and staring up into
the black ceiling above. Blissful silence enveloped me for one complete minute.
Then came cacophony. First it was Bill in the next room, snoring so loudly that the
...
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Popes, kings, presidents and now tourists enjoy Rome palace
Standing ramrod straight as visitors pass through palace portals are the Corazzieri, the Quirinal's rough equivalent of the Swiss Guards. These towering guards ... «Rapid City Journal, 7月 15»
'The haka did the trick'
"He walked as an officer, and relayed himself as a gentleman, with not a hair or a crease out of place, and he held himself with a ramrod straight back - he ... «Radio New Zealand, 4月 15»
Book excerpt from “5 Months, 10 years, 2 Hours” by Lisa Reisman
My mother sat ramrod straight. My father's knees jittered and twitched. My sister shifted positions every few moments. My brother-in-law stared at the clock, ... «Shoreline Times, 3月 15»
Christie Blatchford: Rapper accused of mass murder almost childlike …
As she testified, in the prisoner's box, Mark Moore was on high alert — sitting ramrod straight, his posture so good it was almost childlike, hands in his pockets, ... «National Post, 2月 15»
Scientists now know how to make robots less creepy looking
... in Human Behavior shows that people are much more amenable to the presence of androids when the robot heads are tilted, rather than ramrod straight. «Quartz, 1月 15»
Not So Junior: Son of Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox Drops …
Archibald Cox, the special Watergate prosecutor frequently characterized as “ramrod straight” who was fired by the Nixon administration in the so-called ... «New York Observer, 9月 14»
Jeffrey Sinclair Sex Trial Begins With Opening Statements
Sinclair, 51, stood ramrod straight before a judge Thursday and pleaded guilty to three charges that could send him to prison for up to 15 years. It was a ... «Huffington Post, 3月 14»
Teenager named as best soldier
RAMROD straight and head held high, teenager Jordan McCarthy had reason to be particularly proud when he graduated from the Army Foundation College. «The Northern Echo, 2月 14»
Fallujah: the city that has never stopped rebelling
General Mark Kimmitt was a US soldier from central casting: ramrod straight, square of jaw and with a uniform as neatly creased as the side parting in his ... «Telegraph.co.uk, 1月 14»
Nelson Mandela: A Tribute
... and although already well into his sixties, he remained ramrod straight in spite of his unusual height. Here, I concluded, was one of nature's true aristocrats. «THISDAY Live, 12月 13»
