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  2. Screwfix - Wikipedia

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    Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .

  3. Wire brush - Wikipedia

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    8 in (203 mm) wire brush mounted to a bench grinder. The wire brush is primarily an abrasive implement, used for cleaning rust and removing paint. It is also used to clean surfaces and to create a better conductive area for attaching electrical connections, such as those between car battery posts and their connectors, should they accumulate a build-up of grime and dirt.

  4. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    brush-ape Anyone from the sticks; hayshaker, farmer [20] bub(s Female breast(s) [60] bucket Automobile; see also cowpie crate heap jalopy [19] bug's ear 1. Always with the connotation of being small e.g.Your baby is cuter than a bug's ear [61] 2. Attractive, Charming i.e. cute as a bug's ear [62] [a] bug eyed Amazed: astounded in the 1920s i.e.

  5. Basil Brush - Wikipedia

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    The Basil Brush Show ran for 12 years from 1968 to 1980, in which he was supported by various famous stooges: first, in 1968, by the actor Rodney Bewes, known on the show as "Mr Rodney"; next, from 1969 to 1973, by the actor Derek Fowlds (known as "Mr Derek"); then until 1976 by actor and singer Roy North ("Mr Roy"); then by "Mr Howard" Howard Williams, who was in the original "Three Scampies ...

  6. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves - Wikipedia

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    Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, published in the United States on 22 March 1963 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, and in the United Kingdom on 16 August 1963 by Herbert Jenkins, London. [1] It is the ninth of eleven novels featuring Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves.

  7. Lucky Stiff - Wikipedia

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    Lucky Stiff is a musical farce. It was the first collaboration for the team of Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music). The show is based on the 1983 novel The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo by Michael Butterworth .

  8. Our House (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song) - Wikipedia

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    on YouTube " Our House " is a song written by British singer-songwriter Graham Nash and recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on their album Déjà Vu (1970). The single reached No. 30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [ 1 ] and No. 20 on the Cash Box Top 100. [ 2 ]

  9. Light as a feather, stiff as a board - Wikipedia

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    The oldest known account of levitation play comes from the diary of Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), a British naval administrator. Pepys’s account of levitation play comes from a conversation with a friend of his, Mr. Brisband, who claimed to have seen four little girls playing light as a feather, stiff as a board in Bordeaux, France.