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General French's
contemptible little army". Hence, in
later years, the
survivors of the
regular army
dubbed themselves "The Old
Contemptibles". No evidence...
- In
colloquial usage,
contempt usually refers to
either the act of despising, or
having a
general lack of
respect for something. This set of
emotions generally...
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person (regardless of gender) in the
United Kingdom and Ireland, or a
contemptible man in
Australia and New Zealand. In
Australia and New Zealand, it can...
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value or quality,
trivial and
usually boastful or
inaccurate talk or a
contemptible person. It
could also be used to
refer to any
other noun in
general or...
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Today the
church is
approached by way of Old
Contemptibles Avenue, so
named after the Old
Contemptibles who
attended an
annual service at the
church for...
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pejorative term
meaning one who is
stupid or foolish, or an obnoxious,
contemptible or
detestable person. The word came into the
English language from Yiddish...
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Francis Davis, have
criticized his
treatment of women,
describing it as "
contemptible".
Grammy Awards Miles Davis won
eight Grammy Awards and
received thirty-two...
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commercial taxes, were
considered by the
gentry as
social parasites with a
contemptible status.
These were
often petty shopkeepers of
urban marketplaces; merchants...
- Privately, a
senior aide to the King
confided to his diary: "A more
contemptible, cowardly, selfish,
unfeeling dog does not exist ...
There have been...
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members of the Senate.
Though privately continuing to view
Portugal contemptibly for its
perceived atavistic foreign policy towards Africa, Kissinger...
