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51René (novella) — infobox Book | name = René title orig = translator = image caption = engraving from 1803 Génie du christianisme showing René walking with Amélie author = François René de Chateaubriand illustrator = cover artist = country = France language =… …
52The Desert Song (1929 film) — Infobox Film name = The Desert Song (1929) producer = director = Roy Del Ruth writer = Harvey Gates Humphrey Pearson based on the play by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto A. Harbach, Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel starring = John Boles Carlotta King… …
53The Guardian (play) — The Guardian is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by Philip Massinger, dating from 1633. The play in which Massinger comes nearest to urbanity and suavity is The Guardian .... [McManaway, p. 278.] PerformanceThe play was licensed for… …
54Meggie Folchart — Inkworld character Eliza Bennett as Meggie Folchart in Inkheart First appearance …
55Cockney — ist als ein Spottname für die Bürger von London geprägt worden und eine Bezeichnung für ihren englischen Dialekt geworden. Im engeren Sinne bezeichnet man als Cockneys jedoch nur jene Menschen, die in Hörweite der Glocken der Kirche St Mary le… …
56milksoppy — See milksop. * * * …
57coward — /kow euhrd/, n. 1. a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person. adj. 2. lacking courage; very fearful or timid. 3. proceeding from or expressive of fear or timidity: a… …
58mollycoddle — mollycoddler, n. /mol ee kod l/, n., v., mollycoddled, mollycoddling. n. 1. a man or boy who is used to being coddled; a milksop. v.t. 2. to coddle; pamper. [1825 35; MOLLY + CODDLE] Syn. 2. spoil, indulge, cosset. * * * …
59pantywaist — /pan tee wayst /, n. 1. Informal. a weak, effeminate man; sissy. 2. formerly, a child s undergarment consisting of short pants and a shirt that buttoned together at the waist. adj. 3. weak; fainthearted. 4. Informal. childish. [1925 30; PANTY +… …
60sop — /sop/, n., v., sopped, sopping. n. 1. a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food. 2. anything thoroughly soaked. 3. something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe: The political boss gave him some cash as a sop. 4. a weak… …
