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appeared the (East) 'Atlantic Archipelago' will have any
appeal beyond captious scholars. "Guardian
Style Guide", The Guardian, London, 19
December 2008...
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Irreligious sentiments,
drunken mockery,
anticlerical expressions, were all
captiously classified by the
inquisitors (or by
those who
denounced the cases) as...
- ; mora "delay, any
duration of time" ⇒ mérmeros "baneful, mischievous;
captious, fastidious"; mérimna "care, thought;
anxious mind"; mártus, márturos "witness"...
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party but to
Rockefeller personally. In
rapid succession, Mr.
Rockefeller captiously took over most of the
functions of the
state chairman and in a matter...
- Everything, of course,
turns out
quite happily, except, perhaps, for
those captious souls who
regard religion as an
adult matter." The
Bells of St. Mary's...
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horizontal shape of
their pupils resembling a
person narrowing their eyes in a
captious expression. Due to
longstanding confusion over the
taxonomy of A. nasuta...
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wooden box used to
store a sailor's effects. sea
lawyer an argumentative,
captious sailor. sea shanty/chanty/chantey Work song to
accompany rhythmical labor...
- at The Stag who
stays for a
month each year. She is old-fashioned and
captious.
Robert Underhay:
Previous husband of
Rosaleen Cloade. Said to have died...
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these cir****stances have
combined to
render Bhim Sen of late
provokingly captious and su****ious
towards us; lest, I suppose, the Raja
should perchance to...
- And Noise, and Norton, Brangling, and Breval,
Dennis and Dissonance; and
captious Art, And Snip-snap short, and
Interruption smart. "Hold (cry'd the Queen)...
