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• Old Time — For traditional North American music, see Old time music. For the play by Harold Pinter, see Old Times. The Dapper Dans, a barbershop quartet at Walt Disney World, present Old Timeyness to park guests. Old time , old timey and olde tyme… …   Wikipedia

• well-worn — adj 1.) worn or used for a long time ▪ a well worn jacket 2.) a well worn expression, phrase etc has been repeated so often that it is no longer interesting or effective ▪ well worn excuses …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• well-worn — adjective 1 worn or used for a long time: a well worn jacket 2 a well worn argument, phrase etc has been repeated so often that it is no longer interesting or effective: well worn excuses …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• To the Rose upon the Rood of Time — is poem by W. B. Yeats that was published in The Rose in 1893. The poem is one of many early Yeatsian lyrical poems which utilize the symbol of the rose. Meter and Rhyme Scheme The poem has twenty four lines, written in fairly regular iambic… …   Wikipedia

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• rest — I [[t]re̱st[/t]] QUANTIFIER USES ♦♦ 1) QUANT: QUANT of def n The rest is used to refer to all the parts of something or all the things in a group that remain or that you have not already mentioned. It was an experience I will treasure for the… …   English dictionary

• War on Terrorism — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=War on Terrorism caption=U.S. Soldiers boarding a CH 47 Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda in the Shahi Kot Valley and Arma Mountains southeast of Zormat. date=October 7 2001cite web… …   Wikipedia

• round — I [[t]ra͟ʊnd[/t]] PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES ♦♦ (Round is an adverb and preposition that has the same meanings as around . Round is often used with verbs of movement, such as walk and drive , and also in phrasal verbs such as get round and hand… …   English dictionary

• Snowclone — A snowclone is a type of cliché and phrasal template originally defined as a multi use, customizable, instantly recognizable, time worn, quoted or misquoted phrase or sentence that can be used in an entirely open array of different jokey variants …   Wikipedia

• Monty Python's Flying Circus — This article is about the television series. For the group, the conception of the show and other Python media, see Monty Python. Monty Python’s Flying Circus DVD cover – Monty Python members (left to right): Back: Terry Gilliam, John Cleese,… …   Wikipedia

• nerve — [[t]nɜ͟ː(r)v[/t]] ♦♦♦ nerves, nerving, nerved 1) N COUNT Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body. ...spinal nerves. ...in cases where the nerve fibres are severed. 2) N PLURAL: usu poss N …   English dictionary