CORSICA BUKU YANG BERKAIT DENGAN «MUG PUNTER»
Ketahui penggunaan
mug punter dalam pilihan bibliografi berikut. Buku yang berkait dengan
mug punter dan ekstrak ringkas dari yang sama untuk menyediakan konteks penggunaannya dalam kesusasteraan Corsica.
The book tells the auto-biographical tale of the author as he made his way through life as a mug-punter; sometimes winning but mostly losing. It is something of some humour.D
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Memoirs of a
Mug Punter
John Harms is an irresistible storyteller and this is his fable about obsessive hope and manic despair. From bush tracks to TABs in town, the view from the finishing post was never so funny.
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The Language of Horse Racing
Mug-punter has become a common term of mild contempt: the OED quotes, from
Edgar Wallace (1922), 'The mug punter was he who dreamed of long-priced
winners and refused to bet on the six to four certainty, preferring rather the
hopeless ...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
1989 mug punter noun a punter, viewed as inherently stupid AUSTRALIA, 1943 •
For all that the hard-headed businessman was in no danger of developing into a
mug punter. —JamesHolledge, The Great Australian Gamble. p 58, 1966 ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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The Sport of Kings: Kinship, Class and Thoroughbred Breeding ...
Overall l regard the rest of the crowd with contempt, and use the term 'mug punter'
as a collective noun in much the same dismissive way as I might say 'Arsenal
supporters'. (l995: l6) Whilst many mugs will choose to bet on favourites and ...
The winner of the dance competition would be the lucky mug punter who walked
away wearing these shoes. The shoes were a masterpiece of cack design.
Massive cork effect soles and heels tapered upwards. The shoes narrowed the
higher ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
An extreme case would be called "a mug punter” or "a half-wide mug'” (Robin
Cook, The Crust on its Uppers, 1962): since ca. 1945: c. >, by ca. 1960, also low
5. Ex the racing sense.—9. PURE As in 'Men who cruise around in cars looking
for ...
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
Especially in the terms MUG COPPER and MUG PUNTER AUSTRALIA, 1954
mug aboutverbto kiss and fondle someone AUSTRALIA, 1945 mug book nouna
collection of photographs of criminals consulted by the police US,1902 mug chop
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Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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The Social Life of Achievement
The particular rhythm of betting is a product of what Brian imagines himself to be
attempting, and can be contrasted with a typical 'mug' punter (as envisaged by
Brian), who goes into a betting shop on his lunch break, sees a race in South ...
Nicholas J. Long, Henrietta L. Moore, 2013
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The Lingo: Listening to Australian English
MUG PUNTER has already been mentioned in the context of horseracing, but
that is not the end of this word's usefulness. MUG can also mean a face, related
to another of its uses — kissing, first recorded in Australia, though not exclusively
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BARANGAN BERITA YANG TERMASUK TERMA «MUG PUNTER»
Ketahui apa yang diterbitkan oleh akhbar nasional dan antarabangsa dan cara istilah
mug punter digunakan dalam konteks perkara berita berikut.
Australian 'mug punters' want real leaders
... while standing in front of ten flags (that were made in China), and not question their lack of talent, is a sad indictment on the 'mug punter'. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
Melinda Houston TV previews: Aquarius series well worth binge …
It's been unexpectedly interesting from a mug punter's point of view. I imagine it's also been incredibly useful for anyone thinking of establishing ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mei 15»
Critic's choice: The week's best TV
It's been unexpectedly interesting from a mug punter's point of view. I imagine it's also been incredibly useful for anyone thinking of establishing ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mei 15»
Australian Racing Conference: What can racing hope for?
However, without the mug punter or Joe Public is what keeps the racing ticking over. As the years progress, many of us oldies are dying off and ... «The Roar, Mei 15»
Royal Baby: NHS Boob Job Mum Josie Cunningham Likens Kate …
@CarlyNorth remarked: “I think the majority of people would rather pay for that than some wannabe's tit and nose job”, while Mug Punter wrote: ... «Huffington Post UK, Apr 15»
Who'll win the Grand National 2015?
It is the sheer weight of mug punter money hoping for a fairytale ending that has pushed this eight-year-old to the head of the betting. Sure, he's ... «YorkMix, Apr 15»
The mobile "security gap" - Pinterest and Yammer the latest gappy …
Is there any way for a mug punter such as myself to verify if my bank's mobile app (or any app for that matter) is secure? When you first wrote ... «Naked Security, Apr 15»
Grim reality of when the baby boom goes bust
And besides, how do I know that I'm not the only mug punter making the sacrifice? There is a delicate balance that must be struck with ... «The Australian, Mac 15»
Jimmy Greaves on Dave Mackay: Tottenham's greatest ever player …
But he was actually only 5ft 7in a fact which won us bets with many a mug punter. Dave won the Double, two more FA Cups and a European ... «Irish Mirror, Mac 15»
Under the skin of Mr No Potato Man: Hugh MacDonald catches up …
But McCoy is about will and spirit. These traits defy anything other than the banal definition with the facility of a jackpot dodging the mug punter. «Herald Scotland, Feb 15»
