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Examples
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Took the new machine up to the farm to get it installed ... which took all flippin 'afternoon.
March 19th, 2006 chaosreality 2006
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"Oh, yes, indeed!" and into Olive's brightened eyes crept a little of the old bitterness, as she recalled the afternoon.
Six Girls A Home Story Fannie Belle Irving
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QUOTATION: In the posteriors of this day, which the rude multitude call the afternoon.
Quotations 1919
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Sir, it is the kings most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion in the posteriors of this day, which the rude multitude call the afternoon.
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In the posteriors of this day, which the rude multitude call the afternoon.
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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Sir, it is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion in the posteriors of this day, which the rude multitude call the afternoon.
Love's Labour's Lost 1594
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But I was not to have the relaxing pleasure of that kind of afternoon.
Mark C. Miller: The Continuing Adventures of Shlomo Rabinowitz, Jewish Private Eye and Dating Specialist Mark C. Miller 2010
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But I was not to have the relaxing pleasure of that kind of afternoon.
Mark C. Miller: The Continuing Adventures of Shlomo Rabinowitz, Jewish Private Eye and Dating Specialist Mark C. Miller 2010
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Sorry about the lack of posts today…been that kind of afternoon.
Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » Low Blogging Advisory: Driftwood Theatre Edition 2008
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It was such a South Africa in the Peace Corps kind of afternoon.
Just when I needed a pick me up... Megan aka Mmapula Reamogetse 2008
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