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Spink


Definition:

  • (n.) The chaffinch.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Speaking as the debate was going on earlier in the day, Paul Spinks, the manager of a day nursery, explained that he and his partner were waiting until the gay marriage law was passed to commit to one another legally.
  • (2) Jack said Muhammad Ali and Leon Spink s, for the heavyweight title.
  • (3) In February 1978, he lost the title to the workaday Leon Spinks and regained it once again that September – but tiredly, for now the feet were flat, the reflexes dull, the senses dimmed.
  • (4) Two months earlier Mike Tyson had knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
  • (5) Two fights with Sonny Liston, where he proclaimed himself 'The Greatest' and proved he was; three epic wars with Joe Frazier; the stunning victory over George Foreman in 1974's 'Rumble in the Jungle'; dethroning Leon Spinks in 1978 to become heavyweight champion for an unprecedented third time.
  • (6) Spink had made only one previous appearance in the first team but went on to excel, keep a clean sheet as Villa beat Bayern 1-0.
  • (7) Spinks advocated centralized coordination of policy, an approach deliberately rejected in 1981 by the Government in favour of continued pluralism, with each of the scientific research councils and various ministries 'doing their own thing'.
  • (8) The industrial progress and dissemination of biotechnology has been slower than Spinks implied, but we have a clear understanding of the importance of such contributors to the climate for investment as balanced regulation, training and public perception.
  • (9) Three years later, Aston Villa's rookie goalkeeper Nigel Spink was summoned from the bench after 10 minutes to replace the injured Jimmy Rimmer.
  • (10) There's no way they'll let Spinks win – the fight business won't make a dime.
  • (11) October 3, 2012 Updated at 8.42pm BST 8.07pm BST Shaun Spink with the University of Denver vacuums on the stage prior to the first presidential debate at Magness Arena at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, October 3, 2012.
  • (12) You can limit palm oil, you can be careful about how you produce it, but I think it’s quite wrong to prevent it.” Rosie J Spinks is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in GOOD Magazine, Marie Claire, The Ecologist, Sierra Magazine, and EcoSalon.
  • (13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Emily Spink: ‘If there’s one thing that has come out of this whole sorry tale, I will not hear a word against the NHS.’ Photograph: Jim Wileman for the Guardian My partner stabbed me in the back Emily Spink never dreamed her then partner would hurt her.
  • (14) * This name has been changed Rosie Spinks started the Three Course Story project in 2013, interviewing attendees at North London Action for the Homeless (NLAH), a Hackney-based charity that serves a meal twice a week to anyone who needs it – most are homeless, socially isolated, mentally ill, immigrants or those struggling with addiction.
  • (15) Retired In 1978, after winning the title for a third time by avenging a loss to Leon Spinks, Ali retired.
  • (16) The establishment of a research-orientated biotechnology company was one of the recommendations of the Spinks Committee.
  • (17) Jayne Spink, the director of policy and research at the MS Society, said: "There is still a long way to go before the palliative and end of life care offered to people with MS is the best it can be.
  • (18) With possibly two more golds to come, Robert McCracken's excellent squad are poised to become the best British boxing team of modern times, better even than the heroes of Melbourne, 1956, when Terry Spinks and Dick McTaggart each won gold.
  • (19) A previous Essex defector (remember Bob Spink anyone?)
  • (20) Government policy towards biotechnology has come a long way since the Spinks Report.

Spunk


Definition:

  • (n.) Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
  • (n.) An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Other countries across the world have had the spunk within them to rise up and overthrow the society that allows such inequality and unfairness to thrive.
  • (2) In the face of recurring jokes about spunk, shit and piss (the three most resilient weapons in any gross-out film-maker's arsenal), shock value soon took a tumble.
  • (3) That phenomenal voice and talent and the spunk that she has, I really admire all that.
  • (4) And, ironically, I couldn't mend it, as you'd smeared the last of your Copydex all over your hands while shouting: "I spunked up while watching Cagney & Lacey !"
  • (5) It's all about setting goals #NEDvsAUS June 18, 2014 4.40pm BST Brian Russell sees some Dutch in the Aussies, kind of: "I applaud the optimism and raging Aussie spunk of Jeremy Boyce and Johan van Slooten," he writes, "but all the facts points to a pretty comprehensive Dutch win today.
  • (6) And it makes SATC's bunny rabbit and "funky spunk" episodes look like Pillow Talk.
  • (7) Chances are their parents have already spunked everything they own.
  • (8) My recollection is, two days later we were playing a gig in Germany and we probably spunked it all on beer."
  • (9) Mom downplays most of the negatives I've written about, just like she did with unpleasantness when I was growing up, and she shows astonishing spunk in promoting the book.
  • (10) But it was never like, 'Let's spunk it on drugs and booze!'

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