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- adjective
superlative form ofnosey : mostnosey .
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Examples
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In addition to being the nosiest and most sympathetic philosopher you are likely to meet, Isabel is now a mother.
The Careful Use of Compliments by Alexander McCall Smith: Book summary 2010
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What if I got busted right now, 'cuffed and read my rights in front of the world's nosiest, neediest student?
Five-fingered Prozac D'Arcy Fallon 2010
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Perception often being reality even the ‘moderate’ Republican politicians decided to pander to the nosiest most irrational reactionaries in their constituencies.
Think Progress » RomneyCare ‘Sort Of Similar’ To ObamaCare, But Only Obama Will Acknowledge It 2010
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The most apparently helpful, complaisant people are often the nosiest, the most intrusive and manipulative.
Beard 2010
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Martha was a capital cook, and little Annie a sharp sentry; it was J. B.'s great dread that we'd arouse suspicion among the local people - for Americans are the nosiest folk on earth, prying into every newcomer's business, trying to get sight of his furnishings and guess how much money he's got (being neighbourly, they call it), and the arrival of six mysterious stalwarts was enough to set the countryside agog.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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When did we become the single nosiest, most prurient population on Earth?
Val Brown: The Ex Ex-Pat, At Home Everywhere and Nowhere: Chapter One, Miscellany and Media 2008
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She is super affectionate with even the nosiest of my kids, will sit on the couch to cuddle, and even lets DH pat her!
not-yet-adopted kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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He recently took the time to participate in the Summer Blog Blast Tour and answer some of our nosiest questions—about his high school students, the strengths of the comics medium, and the multiple facets of American Born Chinese.
The WritingYA Weblog: Summer Blog Blast Tour Kick-Off: Gene Yang a. fortis 2007
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He recently took the time to participate in the Summer Blog Blast Tour and answer some of our nosiest questions—about his high school students, the strengths of the comics medium, and the multiple facets of American Born Chinese.
Archive 2007-06-01 tanita davis 2007
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Tonight, it ` s the nosiest cow you ` ve ever seen.
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