ETIMOLOGIA CUVÂNTULUI PECKSNIFFIAN
After Seth Pecksniff, character in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit (1843).
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PeCksniFFian. CaRPet. essay. “L. IFE IS A series of choices.” When one is
coping with a con man or a sophisticated sociopath life and the playing field of
life is a stage set full of props one is made to believe are real. Thus the, “Choices,
” one ...
Pecksniffian. Carpet. It's smoothly non-perceivable Except at the ends Where
corners are frayed Incompletely brocaded I'm stuck to asnag I teeter and collapse
Collide toground SMACK Tragic such discoveries Salted in the inevitable ...
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A Veritable Medley of Poetic Meanderings
Pecksniffian. Carpet. It's smoothly non-perceivable Except at the ends Where
corners are frayed Incompletely brocaded I'm stuck to a snag I teeter and
collapse Collide to ground SMACK Tragic such discoveries Salted in the
inevitable ...
Sereena Nightshade and Brian Guzzi, 2014
When one in a pair is a con artist or similar variance and this applies to any pair
where there are two humans that cross paths, the entire rug is nothing but a
Pecksniffian carpet and the entire ride is a lie and such a lie can only and always
end ...
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Memorandums made in Ireland in the autumn of 1852
These Pecksniffian towerlets are also rendered more conspicuous by being
whitewashed with lime ; a practice, by the way, vastly more general, as applied to
cottages and small houses, in Ireland, than I ever saw elsewhere. Whatever may
be ...
So what do you call a person who bowls? Answer: A kegler. Did you know
bowling is the number one participation sport in the U.S.? Lots of keglers! ARE
YOU A PECKSNIFFIAN? (pek-SNIF-ee-un) Is a pecksniffian . . . a. a person with
smelly ...
Things were going fine until I got to the word Pecksniffian. It was still there, but the
definition had been cleansed of its contemptible meaning and made tolerablv
benign. After entering the proper definition in the margin, "Selfish and corrupt ...
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The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal
tiiiii in the Pecksniffian school of design. You make him familiar with Furnival's Inn
and — oh! I could have forgiven you all the rest had von but let him burst into a
flood of tears on'first beholding the ultra- Pecksniffian taste displayed in the ...
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A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens
PASSIONS PECKSNIFFIAN TBAITS own person the wisdom of a constituency.
Observe the wig, of a dark hue but indescribable color, for if it be naturally brown,
it has acquired a black tint by long service, and if it be naturally black, the same ...
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Deadly Divots: A Golf Murder Mystery
Right?” “Correct.” “Looks like a lefty whacked this guy, too.” “Maybe,” I said. “
Another definite maybe?” asked Kowalski. “You should know how these things
work. It's the same killer. I'd stake your reputation on it.” “Why you Pecksniffian
putz.
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Pecksniffian în contextul următoarelor știri.
Obamacare's latest date with SCOTUS has unleashed a noisome …
... congressional Democrats will demand social justice as they board their private jets, and Pecksniffian pundits will declare Washington too ... «American Spectator, Iun 15»
Marco Rubio Buys A Refrigerator
The harrumphing from the Washington Post couldn't have been more Pecksniffian in a May 20 news story: "Does Rubio Have a Spending ... «Investor's Business Daily, Mai 15»
The ballot on the box: Paxo's jokes and Vine's arm-waving couldn't …
... said “huge weight lifted off my shoulders” should have been cheered by even the most tight-bottomed and Pecksniffian of Ukip-begrudgers. «The Guardian, Mai 15»
A World Where Nothing Gets Lost
“Get lost” will become an archaic expression, like calling someone “Pecksniffian.” Like most people, my first reaction to that possibility is relief. «The New Yorker, Apr 15»
5 Archaic Insults That Are Banned from Parliamentary Debates
So to refer to someone's political rhetoric as Pecksniffian is to suggest that they are motivated as much by appearing to be good as by actually ... «Anglophenia, Mar 15»
Classical: Four concerts show up the limits of formalism in music
This recital had such integrity that doubt seems Pecksniffian. Michael Dervan is on leave. Wed, Mar 4, 2015, 01:00. First published: Wed, Mar 4, ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
Charles Dickens as meteorologist and climate watcher.
... naïve), Pecksniffian (self-serving), Bumbledom (inefficiency), Gradgrind (a cold-hearted statistician) and Podsnap (the soul of complacency). «Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 14»
The Hayekian Hoosier
... “the perfect depiction of aggrieved American manhood at the twilight of the empire” may have pleased the magazine's Pecksniffian audience. «National Review Online, Nov 14»
The Northwest's Best Known Linguaphile
stellenbosch (verb; to relegate someone incompetent to a position of minimal authority) and pecksniffian ( adj; pretending to have high moral ... «KING5.com, Nov 14»
Why hasn't Labour sacked Ed Miliband?
Hardly anyone on the Left has commented on Miliband's grotesquely Pecksniffian double-standards. Hardly anyone else has noticed that he ... «Spectator.co.uk, Oct 14»
