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asperity

[uh-sper-i-tee] / əˈspɛr ɪ ti /


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After Money contacted Asperity, it arranged for Fox to be given new vouchers with an alternative retailer.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012

Dawn Fox from Northolt in Middlesex bought Comet vouchers through an employee discount scheme run by a company called Asperity.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012

Asperity told her it could not give her a refund as it had given her "funds" to Comet.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012

Asperity and bitterness must be buried in the graves with the dead.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

It animates and sweetens Conversation, by raising innocent Mirth and good Humour; and by this Effect it relieves Domestick Cares, revives Men of Business and studious Professions, and softens the Asperity of morose Dispositions.

From Essay upon Wit by Addison, Joseph




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