КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «COCKAMAMIE»
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cockamamie в следующих библиографических источниках. Книги, относящиеся к слову
cockamamie, и краткие выдержки из этих книг для получения представления о контексте использования этого слова в литературе на английский языке.
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Chasing Latitudes: A
Cockamamie Caribbean Tale
CHASING LATITUDES A crazed cockamamie Caribbean tale: The Caribbean.
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Just Going With the Flow, And Other Spiritual Musings
28. My. Own. Cockamamie. Theory. Ever wonder where theories come from?
Deep in the recesses of one's creative unconscious, thoughts, ideas, memories,
knowledge, facts, archetypal energies, and imagination merge to form a single ...
W. Cockamamie. hen Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter used the word
disinformation in a memo, urging an official policy of duplicity that led to the
duping of some reporters, “Credibility Gap” yawned again; the wrath of the press
descended ...
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Fashion, Retailing and a Bygone Era: Inside Women's Wear Daily
THE. COCKAMAMIE. PSYCHIATRIST. I met Dr. Joyce Brothers about 30 years
ago when fiber producer Hoechst hired her to write and star in a series of special
advertisements for its Trivera polyester fiber. The ads were designed to explore ...
Marvin Klapper, Mort Sheinman,
2005
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
/also Br. cock/ extremely pleased. cockamamie esp.Am., Aus. col. 1. n. adj.
absurd, crazy, ridiculous, inconceivable: Somewhere in our cockamamie cultural
history we of the West decided boredom is bad. R. Palley. It's one cockamamie
little ...
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Swansong: A Message of Love and Farewell
Whata cockamamie notion! Well, then, the next obvious question is: If we can't
make the wriggle space bigger, big enough to let us and our baggage through,
howcan wemake ourselves and our baggage smaller? Tomost people,thatwill
come ...
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Another Word A Day: An All-New Romp through Some of the Most ...
—Martha Grant,Presque Isle,Maine cockamamie (KOK-uh-may-mee),also
cockamamy adjective Ridiculous;nonsensical. The origin of the term cockamamie
is not confirmed. It's believed that it's a corruption of decalcomania, the process of
...
Hayley, get him to tell you about his cockamamie plan.” “Now, wait—” “
Cockamamie,” Ross continued. “Isn't that a great word? I heard one of the doctors
use it. I think it's a character-defining word. And it's exactly the right word to
describe ...
Heather Macallister,
2011
But, thanks to Trynin's live work, "Cockamamie" proved a solid seller in her
hometown and elsewhere, according to Jessica Logue, buyer for the 13- store
Newbury Comics chain in Boston, which also operates stores in Rhode Island
and Cape ...
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The Titanic For Dummies
Miscellaneous. and. Cockamamie. Schemes. for. Raising. the. Titanic. Since the
Titanic sank in April 1912, people have schemed and planned not only to find the
great liner, but also to bring her to the surface. Before 1985, when Dr. Ballard ...
Stephen J. Spignesi,
2012
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «COCKAMAMIE»
Здесь показано, как национальная и международная пресса использует термин
cockamamie в контексте приведенных ниже новостных статей.
A Documentarian of Brooklyn's Underground Creative Culture
... into your creativity, try out your cockamamie ideas, and see if they gain purchase. I think we've lost a lot of that sense of wild experimentation. «Hyperallergic, Июл 15»
How The Big Apple Got A Bit Sweeter This Offseason
... the “home run” signing, Jackson was very candid in saying that the team “won't chase some cockamamie dream,” in this free agency period. «The Sports Quotient, Июл 15»
The Wheel Turns
No, we don't want to help you, billionaire hedge funders, in your attempt to swindle Wisconsin taxpayers with your cockamamie scheme. «Supersonicsoul, Июл 15»
Tulsa World editorial: Impeachment threat against state Supreme …
Some have suggested striking Article 2, Section 5 from the constitution, but we'll point out that it is also an effective block to cockamamie ... «Tulsa World, Июл 15»
Was Quicho's 'asinine babble' publishable?
He virtually proposed to have such cockamamie opinions consigned outright to the trash bins. He would thus put media people (mostly ... «Inquirer.net, Июл 15»
Lure of Big Apple fails in Knicks' free-agent pursuit
“We won't chase some cockamamie dream,” is how he put it. As it turned out, Jackson didn't even get the chance to chase a star player. «ESPN, Июл 15»
The Penumbra School of Law
Then it made up cockamamie excuses why it could not produce the email record evidence which they were legally obligated to preserve and ... «American Thinker, Июл 15»
Thoughts from the ammo line
He insisted it wasn't about the money, but there was some cockamamie principle involved. A “principle” that involves working for a little over ... «Power Line, Июл 15»
Silver Lake officials unsure whether to let chickens roost in village
SILVER LAKE — Not all Silver Lake village officials Wednesday felt allowing residents to keep a few backyard chickens is a cockamamie idea. «Kenosha News, Июл 15»
Lawn planter shows ethics drought
D.M. finds his actions both “cockamamie” and unethical. “If nothing else, it's bad karma,” she writes. I'm not sure how karma works in northern ... «London Free Press, Июл 15»