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He knew their tricks – they once persuaded him to hold up his breakfast banana, providing just the twittish snap they wanted – and so he refused: he would not give them an image of farewell.
David Miliband has left frontline politics – but for how long? Jonathan Freedland 2010
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Removing the twittish male side-kick altogether for the new TV series was an even better move.
Logopolis, Kinda, Snakedance nwhyte 2008
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There is also a surprisingly profound undercurrent of spirituality (tarnished, unfortunately, by a slightly naff ancient curse), which would probably be the biggest block to the book's success in today's market - that, and the rather ostentatious wealth of the Calmady family and their friends, the twittish Lord Fallowfeild and his children.
July Books 23) The History of Richard Calmady nwhyte 2008
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He has been a successful, working actor for two decades, and through the jobs he has taken? the brooding forensic pathologist in McCallum, the grumpy police detective in Rebus, the twittish Egyptologist in The Mummy film franchise?
John Hannah: 'I play a devious, lying, cheating, ambitious mother******. It's great!' 2010
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There is nothing twittish about dying of asbestos-induced cancer.
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The show was mostly set in B'Stard's antechambers in the House of Commons and featured Piers Fletcher-Dervish played by Michael Troughton, son of Patrick Troughton as B'Stard's twittish upper-class side-kick.
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Even British English is falling in behind - belatedly, and with a rueful air; but compared to its own slim list of neologisms - mostly upper-class twittish words like 'yomping' - Americanese has proved so fecund in devising new concepts, that its sway over English-thinking minds is assured.
Chinglish, Hinglish, Spanglish - and Glanglish glyn moody 2007
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Even British English is falling in behind - belatedly, and with a rueful air; but compared to its own slim list of neologisms - mostly upper-class twittish words like 'yomping' - Americanese has proved so fecund in devising new concepts, that its sway over English-thinking minds is assured.
Archive 2007-03-01 glyn moody 2007
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Well, after being twittish and skittish all day, I made it up to Zak by making a good dinner – ribeye steaks dry-rubbed with Turkish spices cooked in cast iron skillets on the stove, with fingerling potatoes sauteed in olive oil with fresh garlic, thyme and rosemary, a goat cheese and spinach salad, and a dessert.
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"Party" replaces Christie's Hercule Poirot with Commissioner Laroisiere and twittish sidekick Inspector Lampion.
Variety.com 2009
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