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  • adjective colloquial Starving; very hungry.

Etymologies

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Cockney rhyming slang to rhyme with starving

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Examples

  • And he was and is a brilliant player, with a tone that guitar players still refer to as the “Shadows” or the “Hank Marvin” sound.

    Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

  • Everyone wanted to be Hank Marvin, the Shadows 'lead guitar player.

    ɘloЯ 2010

  • And he was and is a brilliant player, with a tone that guitar players still refer to as the “Shadows” or the “Hank Marvin” sound.

    Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

  • And he was and is a brilliant player, with a tone that guitar players still refer to as the “Shadows” or the “Hank Marvin” sound.

    Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

  • In what he called the "idyllic postwar years," Mr. Frampton taught himself to play guitar and piano; as a child, he became a fan of the Shadows featuring Hank Marvin on guitar.

    Frampton Is Alive and Well 2010

  • As someone desperately clinging onto his forties my first guitar hero was Hank Marvin especially after The Shadows appeared in Thunderbirds Are Go.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Steve 2009

  • For me, he brings to life Hank Marvin and for others in our group it varies from Alan Wicker to Maurice Satchi.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Glyn Davies 2006

  • The Shadows figured that if they're going to go out, they might just as well go out on top, and with this final (literally) DVD release, Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin and

    Starpulse Entertainment News 2010

  • The Shadows figured that if they're going to go out, they might just as well go out on top, and with this final (literally) DVD release, Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin and

    Starpulse Entertainment News 2010

  • Joined by The Shadows 'original lead guitarist Hank Marvin, rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch and drummer Brian Bennett, Richard launched into the group's early hits, asking Do You Want To Dance?, urging the audience to put on their Dancing Shoes, take a trip In The Country and sing along with Living Doll.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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