(n.) A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.
(a.) Lined with budge; hence, scholastic.
(a.) Austere or stiff, like scholastics.
Example Sentences:
(1) Del Bosque had listened to the criticism, all that stuff about it being a negative tactic, and decided not to budge an inch, and who can blame him?
(2) On Thursday, conservative analyst Ross Douthat wrote: “A party whose leading factions often seemed incapable of budging from 1980s-era dogma suddenly caved completely.” On Friday, former top Barack Obama strategist David Axelrod tweeted : “The Day After: seems as if @GOP establishment is measuring @realDonaldTrump as a moldable vessel.
(3) The government would also be making a big call if it refused to budge because it would risk having to negotiate with the disparate group of crossbench senators to salvage the deal, a difficult proposition on such a significant trade agreement.
(4) With the Swedish courts last month rejecting an attempt by Assange's lawyers to quash the warrant for his arrest, Britain continuing to insist he will be arrested the instant he steps foot outside the building and the Australian refusing to budge, the situation has now reached political and legal deadlock.
(5) And we won't budge a single centimetre from Ukrainian land.
(6) You can see by this handy income-distribution chart that over the past 44 years, middle-class incomes have barely budged .
(7) Earlier this year its popularity barely budged when it tried to reform the constitutional court in moves that critics including the European Union said undermined democratic standards.
(8) His habit of refusing to budge until he felt a song was absolutely right infuriated some, but guaranteed that he rarely turned in disappointing work.
(9) ‘He doesn’t budge in what he thinks even if he has to give way – he just gets irritable.’ Cameron sees their opposition as a problem to be handled, not as an occasion to stand in another’s shoes.
(10) Budge Wells, a Conservative councillor, has called a meeting of the executive of the Mid Bedfordshire Conservative Association to be held this week to discuss the implications of Dorries having the whip suspended .
(11) I have already engaged lawyers, written to the PM and met Jo Johnson, minister of state for universities and science – and at every stage the government has pig-headedly refused to budge.
(12) Tory MPs in 71 marginal seats at risk from cuts to tax credits Read more The Treasury and No 10 are insisting that they will not budge and will press ahead with their plan to slash tax credits from next April.
(13) The Liberal Democrats' election manifesto retained the party's long-standing commitment to scrapping tuition fees, and for most Lib Dem MPs it is a matter on which they will not budge.
(14) Murray earned $1.9m (£1.1m) for his maiden major victory to go with career earnings of $21.5m (£13.4m) and is worth £24m through endorsements and prize-money; Perry turned pro after beating Budge and made much more through his famous shirts than he ever did with a tennis racket.
(15) President, you got your tax increase' The Republicans aren't budging on taxes.
(16) In a meeting on 2 February, just over a month before Green sold BHS to Chappell, Paul Budge, the finance director of Green’s retail business Arcadia, and Neville Kahn, a partner at Deloitte, told Martin that Green was unlikely to agree to take part in the pension regulator’s long-requested moral hazard review unless he was compelled to do so.
(17) For much of Friday, they refused to budge, turning away offers of water, fruits and sweets and shouting “No food!
(18) This is a diplomatic dance which is likely to go on for some years, with both sides making all the right faces while knowing the other will not budge.
(19) And the Senate refused to budge, stripping out the healthcare section and booting the legislation back.
(20) But the MP added: "This issue of course is visceral for many colleagues who will probably not budge."
Lambskin
Definition:
(n.) The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.
(n.) A kind of woolen.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tbh we'd normally be like yawn, energy + Northern = major boringsnoringness but Mummy is right, some of the bribe money has to end up as luxe goods, more if Bolesy can fix the planners *crosses fingers* which would be marv because she still 1,000 statement candelabras to shift from Christmas plus I am so excited for these adorbs Shopping & Fracking notebooks, cobalt lambskin & gold letters, I ordered the minute Dave said shale was going to be a thing?
(2) So what a great way to sell our new range of ‘love eggs’, old-style lambskin Trojans and nipple tassles made of chicken feathers.” Three Days To A New You “Decléor, Elemis, it’s a bloody bidding war!” crows a missive regarding the new beauty pitch, whereby women will be encouraged to have three full days of “pampering treatments” – moustache waxing, deep tissue massage and weight-loss body wraps (in a cave, ideally, if the salon has got one).
(3) Regular vacuuming of the lambskin greatly reduces the mite population on it, but cannot prevent recolonization from adjacent areas.
(4) A study of dust mite populations in infant-use lambskin and other bedding has showm more mites present in the latter.
(5) Mosquitoes were allowed to feed on the dogs or the lambskin-membranes and were observed for death at 24 and 48 h post-feeding.
(6) quadrimaculatus were fed on lambskin-membranes containing blood drawn from one dog in each treatment group.
(7) The highest 2 dosages produced 100% mosquito mortality at 48 h post-feeding from either a dog or the in vitro system using a lambskin-membrane.