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  • She has a book out called "Doormat," which explores teenage pregnancy.

    CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2005 2005

  • "Doormat" is generally used as a noun (singular) most of the time.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • When Cameron and his wife had a baby, Clegg was "Nanny Mcpheeble" struggling with coalition disposable nappies, and when Cameron returned from his globetrotting adventures faithful old Nick was the Downing Street Doormat for Dave to wipe his feet on.

    Nick Clegg: from hero to hate figure 2011

  • Just before he died, in a tragic chip-butty related accident, Conjugate Doormat jotted down an incomplete outline of his now-infamous theorem on the ample left breast of the Miss July centrefold in the issue of Playboy he was perusing at the time.

    Doormat's Penultimate Theorem David Hadley 2009

  • It is this real world applicability that Doormat claimed for his theorem that makes the quest to resolve it so intriguing for applied mathematicians.

    Archive 2009-03-01 David Hadley 2009

  • Or she's straight lazy, another massive red flag, or she incorrectly judged herself incapable of understanding Wall Street, and if that is the case John Stewart's mother was living in Red Flag Cop Out Doormat City.

    Bill Cusack: Stewart vs. Cramer: A Victimless Struggle 2009

  • Or she's straight lazy, another massive red flag, or she incorrectly judged herself incapable of understanding Wall Street, and if that is the case John Stewart's grandmother was living in Red Flag Cop Out Doormat City.

    Bill Cusack: Time to Take Jon Stewart to Task! 2009

  • It is this real world applicability that Doormat claimed for his theorem that makes the quest to resolve it so intriguing for applied mathematicians.

    Doormat's Penultimate Theorem David Hadley 2009

  • (No joke; one stand was selling the 2009 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting Doormat.)

    Ellen Sledge: Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder's Weekend: A First-Hand Account 2009

  • In this, his penultimate theorem, Doormat claimed that he had - at least theoretically - resolved one of the greatest quandaries in applied mathematics.

    Archive 2009-03-01 David Hadley 2009

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