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Nimmer


Definition:

  • (n.) A thief.

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Rimmer


Definition:

  • (n.) An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Wayne Rimmer Bromborough, Wirral • John Mills criticises the sell-off of ARM to Japanese investors ( The ARM sell-off is bad for Britain , 19 July) as being against the interests of British working people.
  • (2) Robb had a brief and he held it.” Rimmer also points to another area of potential controversy in the IP chapter: criminal procedures and penalties in respect of disclosure of trade secrets, computer crimes and espionage.
  • (3) But green groups and trade experts including Matthew Rimmer, professor of intellectual property and innovation at the Queensland University of Technology, have been surprised to learn the chapter doesn’t actually use the words climate change.
  • (4) In an email on 13 July 2009 to Richard Westlake, Johnson's private secretary, Rimmer wrote: "My own advice on this remains that there are insufficient grounds to do so … and that the Met would deeply resent what they would see as 'interference' in an operational investigation which could, of course, be revived at any given time."
  • (5) Rosemary Rimmer-Clay, who was a 19-year-old student at Dundee University in 1975 at a time when he was rector of the university, said that a man who she had once viewed as a hero had abused his power to prey on young girls.
  • (6) Helen Rimmer, from Friends of the Earth said she was disappointed with the deferral.
  • (7) Joyce Rimmer Birmingham • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com
  • (8) However, Friends of the Earth's north-west campaigner, Helen Rimmer, said: "These plans will be met by stiff opposition from local people rightly concerned about having the UK's first attempted multiple-well fracking operation under their feet.
  • (9) Last month freedom of information responses from 155 acute hospital trusts in England – which is almost all of them – received by BMJ Careers journalist Abi Rimmer found that only “one in every 100 consultants has actively opted out of non-emergency weekend working or used a clause in their contract to avoid non-emergency out of hours work”.
  • (10) Rimmer is constantly finding great ideas in Lebanese restaurants.
  • (11) Matthew Rimmer, an expert in intellectual property law at the Australian National University, said the TPP could affect a range of laws, including Australia’s tobacco plain packaging laws.
  • (12) The review group will be chaired by Stephen Rimmer , Home Office director general, and will include MPs, representatives from the national bodies for school governors and heads, and councillors.
  • (13) For services to Parliament and voluntary service to the community through Great Culverden Park Ltd. Stephen John Rimmer.
  • (14) Stephen Rimmer, the Home Office's director general of crime and policing, wrote to Yates asking what the Met was doing about the allegations about the involvement of 27 other journalists and whether the police would be informing all those allegedly targeted, and not just those whose phones were sucessfully tapped.
  • (15) Andrew Osagie and Michael Rimmer also failed to get out of their 800m heats after surprisingly underwhelming performances.
  • (16) Updated at 8.53pm BST 8.52pm BST Half-time emails "It's not possible to get smashed on Coors Light," roars Robin Rimmer.
  • (17) An exchange of letters placed in the House of Commons library discloses that Stephen Rimmer, the Home Office's director general of crime and policing, wrote to Yates last Friday asking what the Met was doing about the allegations about the involvement of 27 other journalists and whether the police would be informing all those allegedly targeted.
  • (18) David Rimmer, Shell's general managed for global gas said, "Shell sees renewables as a major part of the future energy mix but this analysis has shown that increased reliance on gas in the near term saves money and jobs, delivers on climate targets and allows new technologies to be improved before large scale deployment."
  • (19) Three years later, Aston Villa's rookie goalkeeper Nigel Spink was summoned from the bench after 10 minutes to replace the injured Jimmy Rimmer.
  • (20) Rimmer also showed there was acute sensitivity about Yates, who was responsible for the police investigation into whether Labour had traded peerages for donations to the party.

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