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A busybody, meddler, nosey parker, or marplot is someone who meddles in the affairs of others. An early study of the type was made by the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus in his typology, Characters, "In the proffered services of the busybody there is much of the affectation of kind-heartedness, and little efficient aid." [1] [2] [3] [4]
Nosey Parker: Allan Morley: 1956 The character was originally featured in The Rover in 1925. It also featured in The Sunday Post and Sparky. Nero and Zero: Allan Morley 1956 The character was originally featured in The Wizard in 1930. It also featured in The Sunday Post and Buzz. The Hillys and the Billies: George Martin, Henry Davies: 1990
Nosey Parker is a 2003 film directed by John O'Brien. [1] Plot. Sick of suburbia, Natalie and Richard Newman move to rural Vermont, where they expect the unspoiled ...
Aloysius "Nosey" Parker is a fictional character introduced in the British 1960s Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds, who also appears in the film sequels Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) and Thunderbird 6 (1968) and the 2004 live-action adaptation Thunderbirds.
Nosey Parker 1 139 The character was originally featured in The Rover in 1925. It also featured in The Sunday Post and The Beezer. Stoneage Steve: 1 5 Pansy Potter: John Geering: 2 567 Revival of a strip from The Beano. Frosty McNab: 2 4 Revival of a strip from The Beano. Cuckoo in the Clock: 2 139 Black Jack the Chimney Sweep: 2 5 Grandma ...
Nosy, a 2009 studio album by the Portuguese singer Gomo "Nosey", nickname of Aloysius Parker, a fictional character in the British mid-1960s television series Thunderbirds and several films; Nosey Barbon, a character in the 1958 British film The Horse's Mouth; Nosey, original name of Snitch, a character in The Numskulls comic strip
nosy (or nosey) parker * a busybody (similar to US: butt-in, buttinski, nosy) nous Good sense; shrewdness: [121] "Hillela had the nous to take up with the General when he was on the up-and-up again" (Nadine Gordimer). Rhymes with "mouse". nought the number zero, chiefly British spelling of naught [122] [123] noughts and crosses
Paul Pry (1825), a farce in three acts, was the most notable play written by 19th-century English playwright John Poole.It premiered in London on 13 September 1825 [1] at the Haymarket Theatre and ran 114 performances. [2]