Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2008

In
"turned, or felt the vanity of turning"
would you think this definition of "to turn" applies?
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Which definition of "patents" would you say applies here?
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I wanted simplicity and denied complexity, and in this I was guileful
and suppressed many patents in my secret heart, and was as devising as

Could find the dictionary meaning for "sizzle" that applies here.
OED, anyone, pls?
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As we left the harbor, the North Atlantic, brute gray, heckled the ship

#1 Yorkshire - 'Ee ba gum!'
#2 London accent - 'Cor blimey, bloomin' 'eck!'
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#9 Northern Irish :-D

"Wheewhocked," is this ad-hoc?
"Floated about crazily," perhaps?
Couldn't find it in any dictionary.
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"Singers who pumped"
would this have any sexual connotation, moves a la Elvis?
Or just mean "Singers who belted?"
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