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rick

[rik] / rɪk /






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Or there are the more hyperspecific suggestions, like this one from a Neptunes knockoff: “a sample of rick james saying ‘shake ya tailfeatha’ would fit on this.”

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2018

Although his restrained fall-winter designs featured darker hues than normal, there were rick pickings for anyone who likes a bright wardrobe.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2018

There’s rick material to be mined in comedy when cultures, on the surface, do not mix. 

From Forbes ● Sep. 16, 2013

The best and worst apologies of the week Topics: Trayvon Martin, rick ross, Matt Lauer, David Patraeus, Piers Morgan, George Zimmerman, Doug Gottlieb, Don Young, It has been one sorry excuse for a week.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2013

When the wagon was loaded, it was drawn to Sir Ector’s rick and pitched to him.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Down in the tunnels, workers sorted the remains of the dead, filing them by bones into space-efficient ricks and stacks.

From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2019

Burnley’s welcome back to the Premier League ends in encouraging defeat, while Monday Night Football ends an hour later with no obvious ricks or gaffes.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2014

The tempo is high, the ricks are ticking and the song is a shaggy Pekinese.

From Time Magazine Archive

He never imposes himself on his characters, never plays ricks on them or the reader.

From Time Magazine Archive

The third evening afterwards she was suddenly called out by gossiping old Hannah Bond, who rushed in, in a state of intense excitement— “Farmer Herring’s ricks be all ablaze!”

From World's End A Story in Three Books by Richard Jefferies


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