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  • Terry Sheehan , an economic analyst at Stone & McCarthy, said that even though yields don't clearly bear out Twist's success, equity markets are better off now than they would have been if the Fed sat on its hands.

    Fed Policy Delivers a Tonic for Stocks Cynthia Lin 2011

  • Ward McCarthy, chief financial economist within the fixed-income group at Jefferies & Co., notes that the Fed is committed to Operation Twist's long-dated bond purchases through June and will probably start another round of quantitative easing later this year, which would muffle any noticeable rise in yields.

    Treasurys Market Shrugs Off China's Apparent Pullback Min Zeng 2012

  • If I had a pound for every person who misquotes Oliver Twist's "Please, sir, I want some more," as "Can I have some more?"

    Our Dickens Judith Flanders 2012

  • When Victoria asks for a glass of sherry at Christmas, her mother reacts with the shocked horror of Dickens's workhouse authorities confronted by Oliver Twist's request for more gruel.

    Grief at Cottesloe, London – review | Michael Billington 2011

  • Even as the rifle came to my shoulder, the hound Bombini drew his knife directly beneath Kid Twist's wrist across the up-stretched throat of the man.

    CHAPTER XLII 2010

  • I am reading Lynne Twist's book, "The Soul of Money."

    Anne Naylor: Tiger Woods: Does Fame And Fortune Limit Your Ability To Love? 2009

  • The second season is linked together by Daisy's employment problems, Brian and Twist's romance and Tim's utter hatred and loathing of The Phantom Menace, which lands him in hot water on several occasions and gives rise to the legendary primal scream of, "BUT JAR-JAR BINKS MAKES THE EWOKS LOOK LIKE FU**ING SHAFT!"

    Archive 2008-10-01 Adam Whitehead 2008

  • The second season is linked together by Daisy's employment problems, Brian and Twist's romance and Tim's utter hatred and loathing of The Phantom Menace, which lands him in hot water on several occasions and gives rise to the legendary primal scream of, "BUT JAR-JAR BINKS MAKES THE EWOKS LOOK LIKE FU**ING SHAFT!"

    Wertzone Classics: Spaced Adam Whitehead 2008

  • But conditions in Mr. Twist's creative sanctum are much, much harder on the operators: three for Petrushka, that woebegone Russian Pierrot; three for the vainglorious, macho Blackamoor; and three for the haughty Ballerina they both desire.

    Puppetry With a (Basil) Twist 2008

  • It is a retelling of the story of Oliver Twist's Fagin that explores the anti-Semitism that ran rampant through Dickens's England.

    Boing Boing: July 23, 2006 - July 29, 2006 Archives 2006

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