CĂRȚI ÎN ENGLEZĂ ÎN LEGĂTURĂ CU «SLEEKIT»
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sleekit în următoarea selecție bibliografică. Cărți în legătură cu
sleekit și extrase din aceasta pentru a furniza contextul de întrebuințare al acestuia în literatura Engleză.
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What Lies West: A Novel of the American Frontier
She watched Minifee's wall for a notice of someone searching for a woman. She
scanned the face of each person who came to Sleekit, looking for someone
familiar, perhaps even Haarten himself. But in time, with new people in her life
and ...
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
187- SLEEKIT, Slekit, adj.] Insert, as sense 1. Smooth and shining, as applied to
the face or skin, S. ; sleek, E. Sleekit-gabbit, adj. Smooth-tongued, S. And syne
some sleekit-gabbit wife Declares, she never liket strife, For she was ay for a
quiet ...
The driver shakes his head. 'Here it depends who you talk to in police. We have
to be ... what you say ... ?' 'Sleekit?' suggests Tommy. 'Sleekit? I like this word.' 'It's
Scottish.' 'I learn Scottish now. I start with sleekit. We Russians are sleekit. Yes!
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
Fawning and deceitful, Roxb., Dumfr., Aberd. ; Sleekit, synon. " Sleeky Tarn
possesses both his own and his neighbour's farm at this day." Perils of Man, ii.
314. And gane he has with the sleeky auld carle, Around the hill sae steep ; Until
they ...
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Another Me: Newly Rejacketed
As if by telling people about my suspicions I had actually made it happen. As if I'd
done something wrong. Sleekit, one of the teachers called me. Sleekit. A great
Scottish word – it means sly and underhand and untrustworthy. A great word, but
...
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Police searches on the Parliamentary Estate: first report of ...
Lord Martin of Springburn: There is a word in Scotland called "sleekit" and they
would have been sleekit. They were doing it in a sleekit way to get in. I was not
there. They did not tell me what they were doing. QI83 Ann Coffey: So you
assumed ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Issue of Privilege, 2010
As if by telling people about my suspicions I had actually made it happen. As if I'd
done something wrong. Sleekit, one of the teachers called me. Sleekit. A great
Scottish word – it means sly and underhand and untrustworthy. A great word, but
...
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Concise English-Scots Dictionary
... sleekit, snod, feel, slid; (esp of the brow) brent; (smooth and slippery) sleekie; (
smooth and glossy) sleekit; (even) evenlie. smoothly smuithlie, smeethlie N.
move smoothly jeck NE. smooth-tongued sleekit, slid(derie), fair-ca(w)in, gleg-
gabbit, ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 1999
“They're sleekit bastards”, Lochgelly retorted. “What does the word “sleekit” mean
?” a puzzled Willi asked. “It is an English word that I have not encountered before.
” “It's a Scottish word, not English. A loose translation would be a person who is ...
“They're sleekit bastards,” Lochgelly retorted. “What does the word “sleekit” mean
?” a puzzled Willi asked. “It is an English word that I have not encountered before.
” “It's a Scottish word, not English. A loose translation would be a person who is ...
ȘTIRI NOI CARE INCLUD TERMENUL «SLEEKIT»
Află ce ziare naționale și internaționale au scris despre și cum este întrebuințat termenul
sleekit în contextul următoarelor știri.
Salmond condemns UK Government over Syria bombing revelations …
He continued: “The idea that UK personnel has in this sleekit, underhand fashion been involved in some way is totally, utterly ridiculous, unsatisfactory, ... «The National, Iul 15»
SNP condemn sleekit Tories' Royal Mail plans
“This is a sleekit manoeuvre by George Osborne – which he and David Cameron kept very quiet about during the general election campaign. “Last year the ... «SNP, Iun 15»
Peter Oborne on Lahore, Bill Deedes – and the days when the …
British Council officials pulled out, too, following the example of Robert Burns's “wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie”. Several panels had to be hastily ... «New Statesman, Feb 15»
Robert Burns – The World Acknowledges Scotland's National Bard
The poetic voice of the ploughman calls out to the home-less mouse: Wee sleekit, cow'rin', timorous beastie O what panic's in thy beastie … And one of Burns' ... «Net Newsledger, Ian 15»
Hold on to your hats – here comes the election!
That led to Perth and North Perthshire MP Pete Wishart channelling Burns, calling the professor “a 'sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie' for this affront tae a haggis.”. «The Courier, Ian 15»
Scotland's place in the UK remains under threat, claims Rennie
... William Gladstone would be appalled at the sleekit redefinition of this liberal policy. William Gladstone was no nationalist and Alex Salmond is no home ruler. «stv.tv, Ian 15»
SNP will demand devo max if they hold balance of power after the …
Willie Rennie, the Scottish Lib Dem leader, accused Mr Salmond of being "sleekit" by misrepresenting the vow, which set out a timetable for "extensive new ... «Herald Scotland, Ian 15»
Salmond won the debate, but it will make little difference
Alex Salmond is a shrewd, sleekit politician. He wasn't going to let himself be caught out a second time on the same issue. Darling looked silly when he kept ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
Maria Miller: David Cameron pays the price for grievous lapse of …
He is the type of politician that the late Sunday Express editor John Junor, borrowing a line from Rabbie Burns, used to define as a “wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
A Lighter Look at Life: Haggis bomb scare was in good taste
“Watch your wee sleekit...” If nothing else, the preposterous tale necessitated a call to fragrant Birmingham Airport public relations chief Justine Howl, a woman ... «Hinckley Times, Feb 14»
