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- noun Ireland, UK, slang
off-licence .
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Examples
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Meanwhile the few remaining public spaces on such an estate - the square of park, the small green with its chippy, shop and launderette, become the danger zones - the places of graffiti, broken glass, wire mesh on the "offy" window.
Archive 2005-10-23 Laban 2005
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Meanwhile the few remaining public spaces on such an estate - the square of park, the small green with its chippy, shop and launderette, become the danger zones - the places of graffiti, broken glass, wire mesh on the "offy" window.
Estates Then And Now Laban 2005
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With any amount of luck or grace I will not wipe out an entire tour group of show-offy ten-year-olds.
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He didn't register strongly enough in his earlier appearances to merit a front-row seat at the finale — a problem compounded by the revelation that all his show-offy science crimes were merely a cry for Bell's attention.
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Direction was good if a little show-offy (the six-minute tracking shot on the beach, and a scene with Knightley primping in front of a mirror looking like a TV commercial), and I loved the ending.
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Direction was good if a little show-offy (the six-minute tracking shot on the beach, and a scene with Knightley primping in front of a mirror looking like a TV commercial), and I loved the ending.
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On Wednesday morning, longtime Democratic strategist James Carville called the administration's response to BP "hands-offy."
Bill Nelson: Obama Should Send In Military If BP Can't Stop Leak Today 2010
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I have no idea as to why their attitude was so hands-offy here.
Bill Nelson: Obama Should Send In Military If BP Can't Stop Leak Today 2010
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As for Falling Down 2, where the original had an ordinary guy freaking out with a gun, maybe Michael can just raise his concerns with the local ombudsman, in a sequelly, not spin-offy way.
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Even all the good intentions in the world -- my friend insisted that she only wanted to save the breed, while at the same time "helping small local farmers" -- can come off looking show-offy.
Laura Weiss: Holiday Food Faux Pas -- And How to Avoid Them 2009
gangerh commented on the word offy
Yorkshire diminutive for off-licence - liquor store.
January 29, 2008
yarb commented on the word offy
Not just Yorkshire, but anywhere in the UK. And Australia too?
January 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the word offy
Ta yarb - so we're exporting then. 'Clever git'. Or importing.
January 29, 2008