(n.) A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
(a.) Churlish; rough; selfish.
Example Sentences:
(1) They leave the zoo, and close the door and we are left ... " He trails off, the professional churl and pretend misanthrope.
(2) Now stop canting, churling and excusing and bring back the World Cup to God's own country."
Hick
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) 5.13pm BST "As I remember September 11, 2012, it was a routine day at our embassy," Hicks begins.
(2) "We began planning to evacuate, and took 55 people to the annexe," said Hicks.
(3) During Braxton Hicks' contractions the PI in the recorded vessels did not change.
(4) Shorten said while Hicks was “foolish to get caught up in the Afghanistan conflict” the court decision showed an injustice.
(5) "In addition, Chris wanted to make a symbolic gesture to the people of Benghazi," Hicks says.
(6) Hicks's lawyers had argued their client could not be sued under Australia's criminal profit law because the conditions at Guantanamo amounted to duress.
(7) "There was the problem with the former owners [Tom Hicks and George Gillett] and there was the fact that Kenny was so popular, but the job went to me.
(8) Hicks says he discussed "mobilizing a Tripoli response team."
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Hick's team first identified the existence of the Bili chimps in 2007 but their new survey, published this week in the journal Biological Conservation , reveals a vast, thriving mega-culture.
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(11) "The musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years were rrreal fucking high on drugs," posted another, who use six separate payments to reference comic Bill Hicks .
(12) Hicks attempted to confront the Australian attorney general, George Brandis, at a human rights event in Sydney in December, saying he was tortured at Guantánamo Bay “in the full knowledge of your party”.
(13) Outside the court, dozens of fans cheered, chanted slogans against Hicks and Gillett and serenaded the three board members with the a chorus of "You'll Never Walk Alone."
(14) We have demonstrated that both recombinant and purified IL-2 exert a direct effect on quiescent human microvascular endothelial cells in vitro, causing the cells to enter the cell cycle and proliferate (Hicks et al., 1989).
(15) 5.19pm BST Hicks describes a frantic round of phone calls to the Libyan government and military for intervention.
(16) Keith Oliver, a lawyer at the duo's solicitors Peter & Peter, said he was consulting with Hicks and Gillett on their next steps.
(17) The bank is seeking a ruling that Hicks and Gillett breached a contract signed when they refinanced in April, giving Broughton the power to appoint the board and effective control of the sale process.
(18) Lim's public release of a letter sent to the Liverpool board, as court proceedings began, could be seen to aid the argument of Hicks and Gillett.
(19) The company, which also owns the Hollister and Gilly Hicks lingerie brands, has been the subject of boycotts from feminist groups – for T-shirts that read "Who needs a brain when you have these?"
(20) This theory leads to a new "law" that is put forward as a replacement for Hick's law.