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spelling is sobriquet. Two
earlier variants are
soubriquet and sotbriquet. The
first variant, "
soubriquet"
dates from the 15th
century and is
rarely used...
- (BN) and
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He was
granted the
soubriquet Father of
Unity (Bapa Perpaduan).
Hussein bin Onn was born on 12 February...
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years 1999 and 2000 and many
other awards.
Robinson also
earned tabloid soubriquet "Axeman of
Albert Square"
after sacking a
large number of
characters in...
- At the
suggestion of
fellow artist Stanhope Forbes,
Birch adopted the
soubriquet "Lamorna" to
distinguish himself from
Lionel Birch, an
artist who was...
- but
Claverhouse posthumously was made a
Jacobite hero,
acquiring the
soubriquet "Bonnie Dundee". The
Graham family was
descended from King
Robert III...
- In 1966
Treacher and Merv
Griffin recorded an
album together under the
soubriquet 'Alf & 'Alf
entitled Songs of the
British Music Hall. When in 1969 Griffin...
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seclusion hidden away in
Glamis Castle in Angus, Scotland,
giving rise to the
soubriquet of the
Monster of Glamis, or the
Horror of Glamis.
Rumours of
Thomas Lyon-Bowes'...
- visiting, by moonlight, the
remote parts of Lake
Lucerne in Switzerland. The
soubriquet Mondscheinsonate,
which twenty years ago made
connoisseurs cry out in...
-
convicted robbers,
Sammy Osterman, was part of the gang, and his "Ulsterman"
soubriquet was
simply the
result of
mishearing his surname.
William Gerald Boal (22...
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became a
household word;
Punch added 'Professor Protoplasm' to his
other soubriquets. The
topic had been
stimulated by
Huxley seeing the
cytoplasmic streaming...
