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As we arrive, Alex (Skulljuice) is already deep in tune "spinnage".
The Line Of Best Fit 2009
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As we arrive, Alex (Skulljuice) is already deep in tune "spinnage".
The Line Of Best Fit Claire McCallum 2009
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BECK: You know, they keep saying, Amy, that, you know, gosh, we have to have universal health care and how are we going to pay for Social Security, and we have to do ... here's an idea, cut the spinnage museums.
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Today they marched us off to listen to a hour sermon by a antiquated ol 'bunch of spinnage, who at the end bawled out, No. 475.
Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie Barney Stone
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Today we are only battling with seconds, or fractions thereof, and therefore, any deviation from the straight course, or any wheel spinnage or anything of that sort which will lose a second or half a second is just the difference between success or failure.
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What a world of gammon and spinnage it is, though, aint it!
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'What a world of gammon and spinnage it is, though, ain't it!'
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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Tall, handsome figger, benevolent face, elegant smile that won't come off, as the feller says, Chauncey Depew spinnage in front of each ear.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) Various 1887
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'What a world of gammon and spinnage it is, though, ain't it!'
David Copperfield 1850
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'Toor rul lol loo, gammon and spinnage, the frog he wouldn't, and high cockolorum,' said the Dodger: with a slight sneer on his intellectual countenance.
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841
alexz commented on the word spinnage
"with a rowley, powley, gammon, and spinnage"
early form of spinach?
January 12, 2016
bilby commented on the word spinnage
I'll give you spinnage if you'll let me sneak off with the rowley and powley.
January 12, 2016
bilby commented on the word spinnage
"I remember seeing mentioned somewhere, without any reference to this chorus, that _rowley powley_ is a name for a plump fowl, of which both 'gammon and spinach' are posthumous connexions."
- Notes and Queries, Number 35, June 29, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
January 12, 2016
alexz commented on the word spinnage
Found this bit..
https://books.google.ca/books?id=y_heAAAAcAAJ
"The Ill Effects of the Game of Rowlet, Otherwise Rowley-powley: And the Fatal Consequences Attending It; Particularly in and about Covent-Garden. Addressed to All Degrees of Men; with a Word of Advice to the Fair-sex"
It seems that Rowley Powley is a game that will torment a person's soul, take their money, and ruin their families; cause barrenness;
January 12, 2016
sidereal commented on the word spinnage
Woke up to an email from Wordnik, reminding me I had an account.
Remembered old password. Poked about.
Now wondering what the "Visuals' below have to do with this word.
Maybe they're clues?
January 13, 2016
alexz commented on the word spinnage
I'm thinking that maybe it's really rhyming slang. The husband could say he's going out for pudding, ham and spinach, but the double meanings could mean he's going out to the casino for roulette and backgammon.
January 13, 2016
bilby commented on the word spinnage
I wonder how many rumplestiltsusers Wordnik has.
January 15, 2016