The Nineteenth Century and After, Volume 126Leonard Scott Publishing Company, 1939 |
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Pagina 208
... expression minging , which meant prowling about in the hope of catching someone doing something wrong . A master or prefect who made a practice of so doing was described as mingy , or a minger , and the expression might be used as a ...
... expression minging , which meant prowling about in the hope of catching someone doing something wrong . A master or prefect who made a practice of so doing was described as mingy , or a minger , and the expression might be used as a ...
Pagina 209
... expression to gate crash - namely , to join a party or group unwanted and uninvited ; while to oil up to someone indicates currying favour , the oiler or oil in this connexion being the odious person known in more stilted language as ...
... expression to gate crash - namely , to join a party or group unwanted and uninvited ; while to oil up to someone indicates currying favour , the oiler or oil in this connexion being the odious person known in more stilted language as ...
Pagina 371
... expression of a mistaken and exaggerated opinion of the strength and military preparedness of the country - for the ... expressing genuine self - assurance and self - reliance . There is nothing chauvinistic about this feeling , nor is ...
... expression of a mistaken and exaggerated opinion of the strength and military preparedness of the country - for the ... expressing genuine self - assurance and self - reliance . There is nothing chauvinistic about this feeling , nor is ...
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AUTHOR | 23 |
Four Hundred Years of Russian Foreign | 40 |
NICOLSON Harold | 91 |
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