(n.) The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.
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Sequin
Definition:
(n.) An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value.
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(1) It's also, clearly, the beginning of an annual TV tradition, a comforting pool of lamplit nostalgia amid all the sequins and celebrity hoo-hah, with Geoffrey Palmer flapping his jowls exasperatedly as he realises he's packed the wrong rectal tube.
(2) Judy Murray, who will be among the celebrities donning the sequins and fake tan on the new series of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing , has revealed that her tennis champion son Andy warned her she would be a disaster.
(3) World Cup fashion, Brazil-cliche-style: hot pants, thigh-high boots and sequinned bikini tops.
(4) Her wide-shouldered, sequined wardrobe of the 80s has been tossed.
(5) The clothes were high octane – full-length fur coats, moon boots and silver sequined puffa jackets.
(6) Photograph: Ed Steele Photography LLC In Austin circa 2000, everyone knew Leslie, the sequin-loving, bearded transvestite-about-town who eventually ran for mayor.
(7) In an industry known for champagne-drenched parties and sequinned celebrities – and where a crisis usually refers to a snapped stiletto – this newly gritty tone is an unexpected new trend.
(8) As dusk fell in the Catalan capital, sequin-clad local matador Serafín Marín dispatched the last of six bulls on the sand of the packed La Monumental bullring – where touts had been offering tickets at eight times their original price.
(9) In the end, a Prada dress doesn't wear you, you wear the dress, even if it is covered in bottle tops and you leave sequins all over the place when you dance.
(10) As I sat in a sea of streaks, false lashes and sequins, beside a child whose strategy for getting on TV was screaming like a cat and shouting "Naughty Gary" at the top of her voice, it seemed rather parochial.
(11) "I cover myself but under my abaya [Muslim dress] I still want to wear nice, modern clothes," said Fatoumata, 18, as she paid $13 for sequinned Levi's jeans.
(12) The evening dresses encrusted with swirls of moulded sequins were Oscar-worthy, but even better was a black coat appliqued with black roses, the individual chiffon petals of which curled in over the jet beads at the centre.
(13) Most meet their death when a sequin-suited matador finally thrusts a sword into their neck.
(14) The next act is a sequin-clad lady, who’s terrified.
(15) Elsewhere, Emporio Armani had designs in appliqué leather, sequins and in pleated silk.
(16) Ignoring my entreaties that you really didn’t need to dress up to go to a gig, my daughter had her hair tied up with tinsel, her best party dress on and a purple sequined stole.
(17) As Shona says, certain styles and habits are described as "tacky" by Yankovic in this song, and I don't think many will disagree: Ed Hardy shirts, glitter Uggs, pink sequin Crocs.
(18) Women wear leopard print and sequins as well as Atlas silks.
(19) The BBC has vociferously denied accusations of ageism, but the row threatened to take the shine off the sequins.
(20) Sweaters and dresses featured similar scrawled messages rendered in sequins, and a mother-and-child print and a later section of the show used drawings the designers did as children as prints on pretty silk dresses.