Jul 23, 2012 · For example, when you use Mac OS X Lion's lookup feature on the word scaring, you get the result for scar instead of scare: Looking at Apple's built-in Dictionary app gives us …

Jul 6, 2012 · To me, this is closer to the mark than prank because of the scaring aspect, and it gets my upvote. But I'm not sure it's a perfect fit, because spook doesn't carry any particular …

Oct 15, 2012 · The etymology of the word reads:. mild expletive, 1908, perhaps from by Jesus.To beat the bejesus out of someone is from 1934.

Nov 30, 2014 · This is one of several phrases using dickens as a euphemism for devil such as what the dickens, where the dickens, the dickens you are, etc.

Aug 26, 2012 · According to the online dictionary (thefreedictionary.com), they can be used as synonyms, but it leads one to believe that horrify would be more related with something …

Dictionary definitions of all three are very similar, typically something like: a pithy observation which contains a general truth But the Wikipedia entries for each are quite different. Are these

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This was common practice in country areas, and young Gorge was paid sixpence (five cents) a day for crow scaring. In parallel, and just as historic as Sir George Edwards' childhood …

May 16, 2017 · Hunters once hired beaters who "started" birds and other game for them by beating the bush and scaring them out into the open. The simplest explanation for the phrase …

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