a handful of nuts

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• handful — noun 1 (C) an amount that you can hold in your hand (+ of): a handful of nuts 2 a handful of a very small number of people or things: Only a handful of countries have implemented these regulations. 3 a handful informal someone, especially a child …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• shelled nuts — лущенные орехи roasted nuts жареный орех salted nuts соленые орехи to crack nuts колоть орехи glac nuts глазированные орехи a handful of nuts пригоршня орехов …   English-Russian travelling dictionary

• Emperor Norton in popular culture — Joshua Abraham Norton (ca. 1815 – January 8, 1880), also known as His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, was a celebrated citizen of San Francisco who proclaimed himself Emperor of these United States and Protector of Mexico in 1859. Though he… …   Wikipedia

• Christmas hold — (wrestling, etc.) hold in which one grabs the opponent s testicles (Christmas hold is a handful of nuts , i.e. nuts testicles) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• christmas hold — Australian Slang (wrestling, etc.) hold in which one grabs the opponent s testicles (Christmas hold is a handful of nuts , i.e. nuts testicles) …   English dialects glossary

• squirrel grip — /ˈskwɪrəl grɪp/ (say skwiruhl grip) noun Colloquial → Christmas hold. {so called because a squirrel grip is a handful of nuts , punning on nuts testicles (see nut def. 14) …  

• The Beginning Was the End — is a 1971 pseudo scientific book written by Oscar Kiss Maerth. It claims that mankind evolved from cannibalistic apes. PublicationIt was first published in Germany as Der Anfang war das Ende Der Mensch entstand durch Kannibalismus (Econ Verlag… …   Wikipedia

• Christmas hold — /ˈkrɪsməs hoʊld/ (say krismuhs hohld) noun a grabbing of someone s testicles, as in a fight, or, illegally, during a game of some contact sport; squirrel grip. Also, Christmas grip, Christmas handshake. {so called because a Christmas hold is a… …  

• Christmas presents —    Essential to the modern Christmas, these came to the fore in the 1840s and 1850s, replacing a much older tradition of *New Year gifts between adults which by then was in decline. The rapid upsurge of Christmas gift giving had several… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• List of heraldic charges — This article does not cover those charges which derive their shape in part from that of the field; see Ordinary (heraldry). Subordinary chargesA few simple charges are traditionally, and arbitrarily, classified among the subordinaries. (All other …   Wikipedia

• Pecan — Taxobox name = Pecan status = secure image width = 240px image caption = Pecan orchard Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Juglandaceae genus = Carya …   Wikipedia