daedal, nick (STEAL). she garnered bouquets from liberals, but also hoots from the far right and grumbling from European neighbors

In 2015 when Angela Merkel, the former center-right chancellor of Germany, declined to shut her country’s doors to asylum seekers coming into Europe, she garnered bouquets from liberals, but also hoots from the far right and grumbling from European neighbors miffed that Germany was unilaterally taking the high ground without taking their interests into account.

There's nothing whatsoever to the other legend about Saint Nicholas - that he comes down the chimney every December 25 with a sackful of stuff he's nicked from the pawnshop.

nick (STEAL)
verb [T] UK INFORMAL
to steal something:
I've had my bike nicked again.

All right, who's nicked my ruler?

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daedal - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

daedal
adj.

1. Ingenious and complex in design or function; intricate.
2. Finely or skillfully made or employed; artistic.

[Latin daedalus, from Greek daidalos.]
(© Houghton Mifflin Company)

dae・dal[ ddl ]

[形]((詩)) 1 巧妙な, 巧みな. 2 複雑な, 手の込んだ, 変化に富んだ, 千変万化の.

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