- down a
compensation offer from the government,
referring to the
offer as '
derisory'. Davison,
Tamara (10
January 2024). "Who is Alan Bates? The
former subpostmaster...
- company's bid (then £9.8 billion) was
rejected by Cadbury,
which called it a "
derisory" offer.
Kraft upped its
offer on
December 4. It had
significant political...
- "whimsical pictures", "disre****ble pictures", "irresponsible pictures", "
derisory pictures", and "sketches made for or out of a
sudden inspiration". "cartoon":...
-
transitions between moves and with
little or no storytelling.
Often used as a
derisory term for
matches which are seen to
prioritize high-impact
stunts over ring...
-
phrase appeared in the New
Dictionary of the
Canting Crew
defined as "a
derisory Term for Sweat". The
phrase had
existed for
sometime before that, known...
- only the
weakness of (the film's)
formal lurches,
which are much more
derisory than
those of
Under The Skin, and
remain here at the
stage of mannerisms...
-
became attached to
islanders either because they were so emplo****, or as a
derisory term for
perceived unintelligent labourers from elsewhere. The term "overner"...
-
sales of his family's jewellery, his
seaside bungalow in Puri, and a
derisory 2,000
rupees in book royalties. He
gained Bengali and
foreign readers alike;...
-
where landlords turned thousands of
families out and
demolished their derisory cabins.
Captain Kennedy in
April 1848
estimated that 1,000 houses, with...
-
preparing to leave,
having been
spooked by the carnage. In
response to
their derisory comments about the UK,
Shand berates them for
their arrogance and dismisses...
