[French,chicken, prostitute, feminine diminutive ofcoq,cock, from Old French; seecock1.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights res...
A quilt, usually with a washable cover, that may be used in place of a bedspread and top sheet. [French,down, from Old French, alteration ofdumet, diminutive ofdum, dun, from Old Norsedūnn.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by ...
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then we must evaluate the puffs of intestinal air right along with the new Cuarón, so here goes: a cast of Nickelodeon alumni and [shudder] Instagram influencers take to the sand and surf for a slobs-versus-slobs lifeguard comedy so feather-light that it barely exists. At...
Compared to his appearances in the original Donkey Kong and its two sequels (where he greatly resembled the current Donkey Kong), Cranky Kong appears to have become thinner, more diminutive, and much less muscular over the years, with his fur also becoming slightly darker. He bears facial pro...
While we assemble a more formal remembrance, here are some items from around the site as well as two from the archives we’re re-running today (Joe McCulloch instructed me that “Umezz” was his preferred diminutive, don’t bother me): An essay from The Comics Journal #233 by Ng Suat...
ruminations on the circle of time, like Edwin Way Teale’s quartet of road trips through the American seasons, the “spiritual biographies” of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter compiled by Gary Schmidt and Susan Felch, and the four diminutive volumes of seasonal poetry selected by Robert Atwan...
- Obey first command: 70% of the time or better Often mistakenly thought of as a miniature Doberman pinscher, "min pins" are very much their own breed. These diminutive dogs are so full of energy, they're often calledthe "king of toys"due to their stately appearance. If you're a min...
Small: little, tiny, wee(Scottish dialect), diminutive (formal) 3.2.3 Emotive/ indexical meaning It concerns the use of certain expression through which we can find speaker’s identity or status. It is not conveyed by linguistic components, but by non-linguistic components, such as voice ...
The word "Koopaling" itself is likely a combination of the name "Koopa" with the diminutive suffix "-ling", which is often used to denote a younger, smaller or inferior version, which aptly describes their relation to Bowser. Similarly, their original Japanese name, "Kokuppa" is essentially...