[PDF] The Devils Dictionary Of Cricket eBook

Author : Douglas Hanthorn
Publisher :
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,93 MB
Release : 2005-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781411631267

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Have you ever wondered about the difference between a hoick and a hook? A dibbly-dobbly and a donkey drop? Do you know how to bowl a maiden over? Or what the correct distance is for setting two fine legs apart? All this and much much more is answered in "The Devil's Dictionary of Cricket", a dictionary of cricket terms which is a combination of wit, wisdom and wickedness. This is the perfect book to slip into your bag or backpack on your way to a cricket match. Have it at the ready for quick reference during the match. You'll be the envy of all your friends when you explain the finer points of using a box. It's a great read, a handy reference and the perfect gift for the cricket fan in your life!

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 22,76 MB
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1291478345

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A hilarious - and true! - take-off of our most solemn and reverential words

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 37,87 MB
Release : 2010-09-15
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0820326348

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If we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary. There, a bore is "a person who talks when you wish him to listen," and happiness is "an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another." This is the most comprehensive, authoritative edition ever of Ambrose Bierce’s satiric masterpiece. It renders obsolete all other versions that have appeared in the book’s ninety-year history. A virtual onslaught of acerbic, confrontational wordplay, The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary offers some 1,600 wickedly clever definitions to the vocabulary of everyday life. Little is sacred and few are safe, for Bierce targets just about any pursuit, from matrimony to immortality, that allows our willful failings and excesses to shine forth. This new edition is based on David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi’s exhaustive investigation into the book’s writing and publishing history. All of Bierce’s known satiric definitions are here, including previously uncollected, unpublished, and alternative entries. Definitions dropped from previous editions have been restored while nearly two hundred wrongly attributed to Bierce have been excised. For dedicated Bierce readers, an introduction and notes are also included. Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary is a classic that stands alongside the best work of satirists such as Twain, Mencken, and Thurber. This unabridged edition will be celebrated by humor fans and word lovers everywhere.

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : See Sharp Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,64 MB
Release : 2004-08-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1884365884

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This compilation of hundreds of biting, witty, cruel, and hilarious definitions combines the best 200 definitions from Ambrose Bierce’s classic The Devil’s Dictionary, with more than 500 definitions from the most humorous and stinging entries in Chaz Bufe’s The American Heretic’s Dictionary. This new edition includes 50 new definitions from Bufe and new biting illustrations by San Francisco artist and filmmaker J. R. Swanson. The Bierce definitions focus on his favorite targets, including religion, jingoism masquerading as patriotism, the “lickspittle” press, the thievery inherent in the American economic system, and the multitude of idiocies and hypocrisies pervading American social and political life. Bufe’s definitions share many of the same targets, but also skewer such contemporary plagues as the “right to life” movement, religious fundamentalism, the IRS, and the puritanically “politically correct.” Bufe also turns a jaundiced eye on both male and female sexual attitudes, something which Bierce, writing in much more conservative times, was not free to do.

Author : Michael Rundell
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 13,10 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1408101610

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Do you know... - the difference between a chinaman and a doosra? - where to find cow corner, the V, and the corridor of uncertainty? - what Nelson, Merlyn and Michelle have to do with cricket? - how to get a ball to reverse-swing, or how the Duckworth/Lewis method works? - the origin of yorker, googly, and third man? The Wisden Dictionary of Cricket is the definitive guide to the noble game. This fully updated third edition is not only an A-Z guide to all things cricket, it also includes illustrations showing positions and strategy, and quotations from cricket literature worldwide - from 18th century match reports right up to the Darrell Hair affair. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in the game - from the seasoned aficionado to the youngest new recruit. If you've ever wondered why a batsman can expect a jaffa on a bunsen, or how to go aerial when you're on a shirtfront... this is the book for you.

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 47,21 MB
Release : 2021-10-11
Category :
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ABASEMENT, n. A decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth or power. Peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer.