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• Curate's egg — Bishop: I m afraid you ve got a bad egg, Mr Jones ; Curate: Oh, no, my Lord, I assure you that parts of it are excellent! True Humility by George du Maurier, originally published in Punch, 1895. The expression a curate s egg originally meant… …   Wikipedia

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• curate — cu|rate [ˈkjuərıt US ˈkjur ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: curatus, from cura religious care , from Latin; CURE1] 1.) a priest of the lowest rank, whose job is to help the priest who is in charge of an area 2.) curate s egg BrE… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• curate — noun (C) 1 a priest of the lowest rank, whose job is to help the priest who is in charge of an area 2 curate s egg something that has good and bad parts: The book is something of a curate s egg …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• George du Maurier — Born March 6, 1834(1834 03 06) Paris Died October 8, 1896(1896 10 08) (aged 62) …   Wikipedia