Florence’s Pitti Uomo menswear fair has become a mecca for the world’s most extrovert dandies. Yet those responsible for creating the phenomenon are appalled by its success. From The Economist’s 1843 magazine
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A series of letterpress pieces with the look of memorial plaques offer enigmatic precis of writers' lives: “The Turpitude of Charles Dodgson,” “The Mind of William Blake,” “The Dimension of Edgar Allan Poe.” Numerous media (photographic canvases, films, sculptures) are covered with text from Jean de La Fontaine's Le ...
He is a senior at the University of Notre Dame, an amateur runner, and a consumer of alcohol. Like many before him, he recently managed to combine the latter two pursuits.
" Why, now ? " said Pellerin. Senecal replied : " A man who makes money by political turpitude ! "
Frederick found himself close to fair-haired young man of prepossessing appearance, with, a moustache and a tuft of beard on his chin, like a dandy of Louis XIII's time. He asked the stranger what the matter was.
- An example or a model having the ideal features of a group or class; an embodiment: "He was the perfect type of a military dandy" (Joyce Cary).
The name of the firm was derived from the word "celerity," meaning swiftness of motion or rapidity--a definition intended to convey the speed with which Celera intended to accomplish its mission. Venter recruited most of his scientific talent from TIGR. Celera would utilize his rapid fire method known as the "random shotgun" approach, which served to sequence bits of genes that were pieced together in the end to create a map.
The stems of the hazel bush are stiff and straight. In pioneer days they were used for making baskets and especially as ramrods for the muzzle-loading rifles and shotguns. They had another use because in those days there was a proverb: " Spare the rod and spoil the child". A hazel switch was standard schoolroom equipment.
shotgun
The stems of the hazel bush are stiff and straight. In pioneer days they were used for making baskets and especially as ramrods for the muzzle-loading rifles and shotguns. They had another use because in those days there was a proverb: " Spare the rod and spoil the child". A hazel switch was standard schoolroom equipment.
shotgun
VERB
[WITH OBJECT]
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1Shoot at or kill with a shotgun.
‘he had been shotgunned by drug dealers’
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2North American informal Consume (a canned drink) in one go by puncturing the can, putting one’s mouth over the resulting hole, and then opening the can by means of the ring pull to produce a rapid flow.
‘a group of us shotgunned beers’
[WITH OBJECT]
- 1Shoot at or kill with a shotgun.‘he had been shotgunned by drug dealers’
- 2North American informal Consume (a canned drink) in one go by puncturing the can, putting one’s mouth over the resulting hole, and then opening the can by means of the ring pull to produce a rapid flow.‘a group of us shotgunned beers’
cas・ti・ga・tion
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st
éi
n〕
IN BRIEF: n. - Verbal punishment; A severe scolding.
Criticism is properly the rod of divination: a hazel switch for the discovery of buried treasure, not a birch twig for the castigation of offenders. — Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945)
1 懲戒, けん責；酷評.
2 （文章などの）添削, 訂正, 校訂.
[名]
1 [C][U]《植物》ハシバミ；その実［材］.
2 [U]はしばみ色, 赤褐色.
━━[形]
1 ハシバミ（材製）の.
2 はしばみ色の.
switchA slender flexible rod, stick, or twig, especially one used for whipping.
- 〔kstéin〕
Criticism is properly the rod of divination: a hazel switch for the discovery of buried treasure, not a birch twig for the castigation of offenders. — Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945)switchA slender flexible rod, stick, or twig, especially one used for whipping.
celerity
(sə-lĕr'ĭ-tē)
n. (日文)━━ n. 速度; 敏速.Swiftness of action or motion; speed. See synonyms at haste.
[French célérité, from Old French, from Latin celeritās, from celer, swift.]
hombre
ˈɒmbreɪ/
noun
NORTH AMERICANinformal
- a man, especially one of a particular type.
"the Raiders quarterback is one tough hombre"
turpitude
ˈtəːpɪtjuːd/
noun
formal
- depraved or wicked behaviour or character.
"acts of moral turpitude"
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A dandy[1] (also known as a beau or gallant[2]) is term historically used to describe a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.[3] A dandy could be a self-made who strove to imitate an aristocratic lifestyle despite coming from a middle-class background, especially in late 18th- and early 19th-century Britain.
dandy
ˈdandi/
noun
- 1.a man unduly concerned with looking stylish and fashionable.
"his floppy handkerchiefs and antique cufflinks gave him the look of a dandy"
synonyms: fop, beau, man about town, bright young thing, glamour boy, rake; More
- 2.informaldatedan excellent thing of its kind.
"the Winchester Model 37 shotgun is a dandy, at a low price"
adjective
- 1.NORTH AMERICANinformalexcellent.
"things are all fine and dandy" - 2.relating to or characteristic of a dandy.
"ruffle-fronted dandy shirts"
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