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"Scofflaw" was the winning entry of a nationwide competition to create a new word for "the lawless drinker," with a prize of $200 in gold, sponsored by Delcevare King, a banker and enthusiastic supporter of Prohibition, in 1923. [1] Two separate entrants, Henry Irving Dale and Kate L. Butler, submitted the word, and split the $200 prize equally.
Scoff or SCOFF may refer to: . Scoff, a colloquial term for the act of eating, usually quickly "Scoff" a song by Nirvana on their album Bleach; Scoff, a colloquial term for fellatio
persiflage – a light, quizzing mockery, or scoffing, especially on serious subjects, out of a cool, callous contempt for them; Peter Bell – a simple rustic (William Wordsworth). petite nature – a French loanword applied to pictures containing figures less than life-size, but with the effect of life-size
But as derision or mockery are never without scoffing, therefore it is a very great sin; so that divines are right in saying that mockery is the worst kind of offence a man can be guilty of against his neighbour by words; for other offences may be committed with some esteem for the party offended, but this is committed with scorn and contempt. [14]
A great day of celebration was the annual Whixley Cherry Feast held on the first Sunday in August, The word Feast meant “festival” rather than the scoffing of huge amounts of the fruit. Many of the houses in Whixley are a reminder of these times with Cherry House, Cherry Cottage, Cherry Tree Farm and many others. [6]
What should have been a celebration of two outstanding fighters who put on a memorable fight was marred yet again by questions surrounding the scoring.
Akiva returned home utterly humiliated. The next day Rachel asked him to take the donkey to the marketplace to buy lentils, and the scene repeated itself. Every day Rachel came up with a new request to shop at the marketplace, and every day Akiva was the object of laughter and scoffing, although the abuse did lessen with time.
SPOILER ALERT: The following essay discusses key plot points of “Joker: Folie à Deux,” including the ending. It is intended to be read after (rather than instead of) seeing the film. I hated ...