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- adjective In a manner befitting a
headmaster .
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Examples
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It is also that they can't stand his mix of bumptiousness and headmasterly pomposity.
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It is also that they can't stand his mix of bumptiousness and headmasterly pomposity.
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It's a sort of firm, headmasterly tone, but a warm and kindly one too.
Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal - as it happened! | John Ashdown 2011
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Staines 'encounter with Michael White is well known, but I have fond memories of Draper being taken apart by a headmasterly Anthony Howard too.
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Fry took on the role of headmasterly host – and it was ironic then that this is where he has ended up, rightly deemed a national treasure thanks to his charming residency as the High Priest of Trivia on QI.
Six to watch: comedy panel show hosts Johnny Dee 2010
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“And I must say, Isabel …” Dad turns his finest headmasterly gaze in my direction.
Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010
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“And I must say, Isabel …” Dad turns his finest headmasterly gaze in my direction.
Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010
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Lord Adair Turner, chairman of the U.K. Financial Services Authority, this week delivered a headmasterly lecture to the miscreant schoolboys who created this mess.
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In addition, there have been almost daily policy statements from Cabinet colleagues, which he frequently sits through, nodding in a headmasterly fashion at members of Team Brown.
Archive 2007-07-29 Valleys Mam 2007
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Sayeed himself made a distinctly Vicky Pollard apology, and this was followed by a headmasterly contribution from Sir George Young, the chairman of the Committee on Standards and Privileges, which set out the facts of the case.
Archive 2005-02-01 2005
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