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Calamity, by The Curtains (2008); Calamity (board game), board game released by Games Workshop in 1983 Calamity, 1982 Czechoslovak film; Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary, 2020 animated film
Urban Dictionary added a definition for the term as early as 2008, with one entry listing it as "a laughably poor performance." [ 1 ] Usage of "dumpster fire" remained relatively obscure throughout the early 2010s, but gained widespread usage starting in 2010 in the world of American sports, where teams that performed exceptionally poorly would ...
This is a comparison of English dictionaries, which are dictionaries about the language of English.The dictionaries listed here are categorized into "full-size" dictionaries (which extensively cover the language, and are targeted to native speakers), "collegiate" (which are smaller, and often contain other biographical or geographical information useful to college students), and "learner's ...
Long-Wellesley married Helena in 1828, but this marriage as quickly proved calamitous. As a notorious rake he was unable to afford to make prudent investments in his first wife's property, but nor could he sell or mortgage it, having only a life interest in it (enjoying its income). As life tenant, he arranged with other beneficiaries for the ...
For example, the Iroha Jiruishō (色葉字類抄), a Japanese dictionary from the Heian period (12th century), states that the years 13, 25, 37, 49, 61, 73, 85, 97 are unlucky. [3] On the other hand, the Shuugaishou (拾芥抄), from the Kamakura period , states that 13, 25, 37, 49, 61, 73, and 99 are yakudoshi. [ 4 ]
"Belial" is applied to ideas, words, and counsel, to calamitous circumstances, and most frequently, to worthless men of the lowest sort, such as men who would induce worship of other gods; those of Benjamin who committed the sex crime at Gibeah; the wicked sons of Eli; insolent Nabal; opposers of God's anointed, David; Rehoboam's unsteady ...
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H. R. Plomer and others, A dictionary of the booksellers and printers who were at work in England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1641 to 1667 (1907), 94–5. S. McSkimin, "Biographical sketches: some account of the noble family of Chichester", in The history and antiquities of the county of the town of Carrickfergus, ed. E. J. M'Crum (1909), 469–70.