| 单词 | sobriquet |
| 例句 | In fact, even in their absence they could not be spoken of too harshly unless we used the sobriquet “They.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He had nicknamed a particularly tyrannical, humorless, and rosy steward “Pink Whiskers,” a sobriquet that was soon used by all the jockeys. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When Tisquantum approached the Pilgrims and identified himself by that sobriquet, it was as if he had stuck out his hand and said, Hello, I’m the Wrath of God. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Today it’s commonly drunk with whole milk, a concoction known as the Sombrero, though locals call it Gorilla Milk, Jackman Martini and other sobriquets involving more colorful language. A spirited tour of the United States 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Given the sobriquet Wild Bill, the volatile Wellman had been a successful director of silent movies. William A. Wellman, Two-Fisted Director With Heart, in Six Takes 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The operation’s self-appointed sobriquet says it all: “A Terrapin Eatery.” Ratsie’s in College Park is closing, and a slice of life is slipping away 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z This provoked widespread debate about the role of intellectual property and earned Land the sobriquet “Champion of Patents”. Land of hope and glory 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The ensemble, and the surrounding countryside, has earned it an official sobriquet as one of “The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy.” Travel: Olive oil in Paciano, Italy And with that sobriquet, generations of women received the memo: to move independently in the world, outside and alone, can be a very dangerous thing. I’m not running scared: On Mollie Tibbetts and rejecting the fear of jogging alone 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z In the book, this earns Cole the sobriquet of “Kingmaker.” ‘House of the Dragon’ Star Fabien Frankel on Playing Kingmaker 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z “Bollywood dancing is energetic, it’s vibrant,” said Ms. Merchant, who earned the sobriquet the Princess of Romance for her choreography of romantic scenes in Bollywood movies. 2010-01-19T10:35:00Z That bit of science earned Mr. Ebbesmeyer the sobriquet Doctor Ocean and, for a time, a guest spot on the couches of late-night talk shows. If the Shoe Floats 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z His first sobriquet was Prince Cartier, a twist on his last name, but also indicative of a budding interest in fashion and luxury brands. Playboi Carti Conquers the Paris Runway 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Those jittery adolescents and college kids you left behind in 2004 — we gave up trying to give them the perfect generational sobriquet and instead just followed the demographers’ cue and called them millennials. Perspective | Dear Brood X cicadas: Welcome back to our messed-up world. Here’s what you missed. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z It was his father who was known as the hellraiser, but Harris says that sobriquet could just as easily have been applied to his mother. Jared Harris: My wife can't believe how I keep getting bumped off! 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z The films that Crawford and Davis made once went under the slightly condescending sobriquet of “women’s pictures,” suggesting weepy melodramas and mushy romance. Perspective | Hollywood ageism punishes actresses, but the art house offers some hope 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z In retrospect, it was a smash, earning the store the affectionate sobriquet Tar-Jay and spawning similar pop-up partnerships at H&M, Kohl’s and other mass-market chains. You’ve Heard of the Drop. Target Had It First. 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Another reader, writing under the sobriquet FergusonFoont, apparently knows a thing or two about wine but took issue with my terminology. Whose wine judgment matters most? Your own, of course. 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The best shot in the early days of the era was the taciturn James Butler Hickok, who for no good reason earned the sobriquet Wild Bill. How Wild Was Wild Bill Hickok? A Biographer Separates Life From Legend 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Janet Barker, question setter for The Weakest Link and Mastermind 'On a more downmarket show, you wouldn't use a word like “sobriquet”.' TV's unsung heroes 2010-10-01T23:03:00Z Made of ragged, intensely colorful patches of paint, this pastoral scene has the kind of combustive energy that earned Matisse and his cohort the sobriquet “les fauves,” or “the wild beasts.” Art Review: Montclair Art Museum Shows: ‘Oscar Bluemner,’ ‘New Spirit’ 2013-04-25T20:48:24Z Due to my self-aggrandizing tendency to brand my own writings with #urk, a sobriquet derived from my last name, I began to build an audience on this former isle in the Flevoland province. How an unusual hashtag led to a personalized visit to an obscure area of the Netherlands 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z So began a long career photographing death, carnage and human suffering, often close up and in colour – a style that earned him a new sobriquet: "the Mexican Weegee". Enrique Metinides: photographing the dead for Mexico's 'bloody news' 2012-11-21T14:26:53Z At 54 Below, a club that has earned its sobriquet “Broadway’s Supper Club,” the ingenuous heartthrob Jeremy Jordan from “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Smash” and “The Last Five Years” continues an engagement through July 3. Pop & Rock Listings for June 26-July 2 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Similarly, the book's entertaining riffs on language — musing on the difference between a sobriquet and a nickname, or the reason why a supermarket misspells its name "Piomeer" — are more significant than they first appear. 'A Drop of the Hard Stuff': A Great American Crime Novel 2011-05-10T19:55:00Z To Nashville people, that sobriquet conjures Johnny Cash, whose style was heavy on substance. We Settle a Big Fashion Rivalry: Nashville vs. Columbus 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z After you learn the rules from the program, the bruising bouts with jammers whipping past booty blocks will be as entertaining as the skaters’ tongue-in-cheek sobriquets. 36 Hours in Raleigh, N.C. 2014-03-06T16:58:31Z There’s something about Robert Kuo that begs for a royal sobriquet: Call him the King of Cloisonné, the Raja of Repoussé, the Lord of Lacquer. Celebrating 30 Years of Sophisticated Robert Kuo Design 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z On a more downmarket show, you wouldn't use a word like "sobriquet", but University Challenge likes long, wordy questions – a contestant who thinks they're smart will butt in and give the wrong answer. TV's unsung heroes 2010-10-01T23:03:00Z Sensual minimalism might seem oxymoronic, but if there is a signature style of our era, that may be its proper sobriquet. The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z As a member of Congress, he voted against so many bills that he earned the “Dr. No” sobriquet that once belonged to Texas gadfly Ron Paul. Justin Amash was part of the conservative in-crowd. Now he’s trying to figure out who his real friends are. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z These events, which earned the sobriquet “Saturday Night Massacre,” happen almost casually in the midst of Mr. Mallon’s fine, boisterous historical tableau. Books of The Times: ?Watergate,? a Novel by Thomas Mallon 2012-02-15T20:34:23Z Boogaard racks up fights and penalty minutes, crushes the cheek of a rival and earns the menacing sobriquet “Boogeyman,” along with a promotional bobblehead doll whose fists also bobble. John Branch's 'Boy on Ice' 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Martin refer to the conservative activists with the mocking sobriquet "sad puppies." John Scalzi conquers the publishing universe 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Ashe’s story certainly has moments of great drama and high tension, but, as a sports figure, he inspired decidedly undramatic sobriquets like “the gentle warrior.” ‘Citizen Ashe’ Review: Advantage, Arthur Ashe 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Mank refers to Welles, not entirely derisively, as “the boy genius,” an interesting echo of Thalberg’s sobriquet, which was “the boy wonder.” ‘Mank’ Review: A Rosebud by Any Other Name 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z He wore a floppy hat and a fake mustache that earned him the sobriquet “the Super Mario Brothers Bandit,” after the similarly attired video game character. Molly Brodak, Poet and Memoirist of Her Father’s Crimes, Dies at 39 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z She is unfettered by the sobriquets typically attached to the women who pound the hustings to rally support on behalf of a man who is running for president. Diana Taylor doesn’t have a name for her relationship with Mike Bloomberg. She just wants him to win. 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Graham gives a candid account of her development from a dutiful daughter and wife to the “Iron Lady,” a sobriquet, we see, that owed more to the sexism of the day than to her character. Review | A fresh recording of Katharine Graham’s memoir is among the best new audiobooks 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z It was my husband’s Aunt Rifka who pinned the Space Age sobriquet on them. Gotta love a brisket with matzoh ball dumplings 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z James Colter, who long ago earned the sobriquet Cricket, is an amazing dancer. ‘Dancing Through the Bronx’ Makes a Stop at Wave Hill 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z After a long fight, Smolko netted it — resplendent with a faint magenta stripe and the fine spots that have earned Alaska rainbows their “leopard trout” sobriquet. Alaska’s Bristol Bay region is rightly renowned as a fishing Mecca 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Madach’s treatment of the Adam and Eve story has earned the sobriquet “the Hungarian Faust.” Review: Better the Devil You Don't Know? 2010-03-02T12:00:00Z The stipend may last for five years but the title MacArthur fellow, the sobriquet of “genius,” is forever. Meet the new MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Richard Johnson of the Page Six gossip column often has tarred her with sobriquets like “the pushy publicist” or “perpetually petulant publicist.” Peggy Siegal, Best Hostess in a Supporting Role 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z One of Whitman's chief models was Wilf Carter, a Nova Scotian yodeller and singer of cowboy songs who was popular throughout north America in the 30s and 40s under the sobriquet Montana Slim. Slim Whitman dies aged 89 2013-06-19T15:18:34Z Solemn and toned to the max, Blunt proves a strong partner for an actor who can still earn the sobriquet Tom Terrific. REVIEW: Edge of Tomorrow: Being Tom Cruise, Forever 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z When she stumbled across Jeff Mills, the Detroit trailblazer whose sparse, industrial techno earned him the sobriquet “The Wizard,” everything changed. Black Artists Pioneered Electronic Music. This Festival Celebrates Them. 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z There is very good reason for me to keep my regard sneaking, for she worked hard to merit her sobriquet of Bloody Mary. Is religion evil? Weighing centuries of war, body counts, abuse 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z When she began performing, she chose a stage name — her given name is Cassandra Monique Batie — that paid homage to Holiday’s sobriquet, the Lady Day. 24 Hours With Andra Day: Afrobeat and the Nixon Tapes 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Pompie is the theatrical sobriquet of the show’s impresario, Arthur Pomposello, the former host of the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel. Review: ‘Pompie’s Place,’ a Blues Club in a Time Warp 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Ditto Rosa DeLauro, a United States Representative from Connecticut, who once earned the sobriquet the “hipster congresswoman” because of her quirky choices, often involving ruffles, stripes and sofa prints. It’s 2018: You Can Run for Office and Not Wear a Pantsuit 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z This soundtrack earned flamboyant musical director Bappi Lahiri the sobriquet "Bollywood's king of disco" and rightly so: he sprinkles flute, harmonium, strings and Hindi lyrics over dazzling, pulsing synthesisers. Top 10 Indian cinema soundtracks 2013-07-25T16:02:25Z Smith, who steadfastly denies categorization and especially disdains the sobriquet "Godmother of Punk," received the Founders Award at ASCAP's 27th annual pop music awards dinner honoring the writers and publishers of last year's most-performed songs. Patti Smith rescued from penury by song royalties 2010-04-22T06:56:00Z A photo of the bird, who shares sobriquets with the rapper Pitbull, is the most popular post on @petfindernames with more than 300,000 likes, and the bird has since been adopted. Would you like to adopt Adam Sandler? He’s small and scaly and available. 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z The up-and-coming caterer earned the sobriquet "Putin's chef". Wagner boss Prigozhin's years of living dangerously 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Bouldin runs a youth chess club and for decades has worked with young people, both on and off duty — and sometimes with snacks — earning her the sobriquet “Detective Cookie.” Pioneering detective sues SPD, alleges racial and gender discrimination 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z He studied stinging insects professionally for more than 40 years and wrote hundreds of peer-reviewed papers, earning the sobriquet “king of sting.” Justin O. Schmidt, Entomologist Known as ‘King of Sting,’ Dies at 75 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The catchphrase also echoed the sobriquet for the railway’s indefatigable founder, who helped turn Seattle into a metropolis — yet whose name is little seen or celebrated today. A new, four-hour documentary honors ‘Empire Builder’ James J. Hill 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z His disciplining of Latin American priests who promoted Marxist-influenced Liberation Theology bestowed him with the sobriquet "God's Rottweiler". Factbox: Former pope Benedict, his papacy and resignation 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z That has earned him the sobriquets “Xi’s alter ego” and “Xi’s chief of staff.” A look at the 7 men slated to lead China’s Communist Party 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z His brusque demands on behalf of Mr. Xi have earned him a sobriquet among young Asian diplomats: Cao Cao, after a wily Chinese statesman of the second century, Mr. Kausikan said. The Face of China: A Globetrotting Diplomat Armed With U.S. Admonitions 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Though failing vision requires that he is escorted on stage by his wife, Nellie, the man still embodies the sobriquet “the Conquering Ruler.” As ska's conquering ruler, Derrick Morgan delivers freedom sounds to a new generation 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z That, however, could easily be a sobriquet for Deception Pass Bridge. Ferry tales in the Pacific Northwest 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z This year, that sobriquet has become "Mr Consistency", for his record of finishing in the top five in every race. 'Mr Saturday turns F1 upside down' 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z More than 9,000 ideas poured in, many invoking the expansive sobriquet of “Way.” A tableau of ‘Eight Arcs’ signifies transformation on Alaskan Way 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Galella amassed millions of images in a career that began in the 1960s, earning sobriquets like the “paparazzo extraordinaire” for his up-close, candid shots of the rich and famous. Photographer Ron Galella, sued by Jackie Onassis, dead at 91 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z On one overly simplistic level, “Turning Red” evokes and gives new meaning to the once-widespread sexist sobriquet for menstruation: the Curse. Review | Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ is a brilliant, hilarious follow-up to Oscar-winning short ‘Bao’ 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z According to the New York Times, “Ashe’s story certainly has moments of great drama and high tension, but, as a sports figure, he inspired decidedly undramatic sobriquets like ‘the gentle warrior.’ New movies to stream this week: ‘Huda’s Salon,’ ‘Fresh’ and more 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Asked how they would know a given aircraft was his, the pilot said he would wiggle the plane’s wings, earning the sobriquet “Uncle Wiggle Wings.” Gail Halvorsen, Berlin Airlift’s ‘Candy Bomber’ and Mormon icon, dies at 101 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The Watermelon King sobriquet was supposedly bestowed after Benny won a watermelon-slicing contest. Perspective | Old-timers may still remember Naylor’s Seafood. And don’t forget Benny Bortnick, the Watermelon King of D.C. 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z His disdain for democratic norms and the country’s dismal human rights record has made Belarus a pariah in the West, bringing him the sobriquet of “Europe’s last dictator.” ‘Europe’s last dictator’ raises the stakes with the West 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Their show’s snappy title, wrapping recent art by 16 women within a familiar sobriquet shrouded with hostility in order to defuse it, is anything but a coincidence. Review: Ex-President Trump claims to be a witch hunt target. These feminist artists beg to differ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z But he saw something of an edge in the sobriquet, perhaps an image mostly propagated by rival fans of the University of Florida. Bobby Bowden, Coach Who Led Florida State to Greatness, Dies at 91 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z In fact, the rainforest stores 44% of all the carbon dioxide in our national forests across the country, earning it the sobriquet “Fort Knox of carbon.” Name the Tongass rainforest a Forest Carbon Reserve to save it 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z You’ve sold millions of copies, won every major mystery award, seen several books adapted for the screen and earned the sobriquet “Queen of Mysteries.” The star Japanese crime novelist almost too good to translate 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z He berated her as a parasite and servant of the thieves — his frequent sobriquet for Mr. Putin and his cronies. Opinion | Why Alexei Navalny’s hunger strike should raise alarms worldwide 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The electric automaker announced the head-scratching sobriquet in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, along with chief financial officer Zach Kirkhorn’s new position as “Master of Coin.” Elon Musk crowns himself ‘Technoking’ of Tesla 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Macron earned an unwanted sobriquet: “President of the Rich.” Eyeing Re-election, Macron Walks a Tightrope Above Swirling Crises in France 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Why is it necessary to stigmatize statisticians with the sobriquet “propeller-heads”? Don’t we have enough denigration of science and mathematics without The Post joining in the “nerd” chorus? Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Be mindful of the language used to describe the exploitation of animals 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z He was sometimes compared to the frozen fish sticks his grandfather once sold and squired under the sobriquet “Slippery Slade.” Slade Gorton, former Washington US senator, dies at 92 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The unknown assailant was given new local nicknames: the Diamond-Knot Killer and the Night Stalker, later changed to Original Night Stalker after another serial killer took that sobriquet. Golden State Killer suspect expected to admit guilt today in a ballroom-turned-courtroom 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z The former GE chairman and chief executive officer, whose blunt style and ceaseless cost cutting earned him the sobriquet “Neutron Jack,” mentored proteges who went on to run some of the world’s best-known companies. Jack Welch, Much-Imitated Manager Who Reshaped GE, Dies at 84 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Soon, there may be enough critical mass to earn Korean crime fiction some catchy marketing sobriquet. Review: 'The Only Child' arrives as Korean thrillers come of age 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z He earned the sobriquet "professor of politics" but his legacy was tarnished by economic stagnation and accusations of corruption. Obituary: Daniel arap Moi 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z He would be the first president to truly earn the sobriquet "assassin-in-chief." The American chaos machine: U.S. foreign policy goes off the rails 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Jackson has somehow come by the sobriquet of “Two Sheds” Terry Jones – a man who grasped the meaning of life 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Trump’s sensitivity about the “racist” sobriquet dates back decades. The brand label that stokes Trump’s fury: ‘Racist, racist, racist.’ 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z You also write, “Trump settled on a sobriquet for Warren, one that might have been mildly offensive to the right had it not elicited disproportionate wrath from the left: Pocahontas.” The White House Chronicler Tim Alberta on Palace-Intrigue Journalism and Donald Trump’s Takeover of the G.O.P. 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Before his future teammate Mike Trout claimed the throne, the sobriquet of “best player in baseball” belonged to Pujols. Adulation from fans awaits Albert Pujols in St. Louis 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Her jeans were ubiquitous by the 1980s and earned the onetime child millionaire a fortune of her own, as well as another backhanded sobriquet: The Duchess of Denim. Gloria Vanderbilt, socialite and designer-jeans marketer who was the subject of a sensational custody trial in the 1930s, dies at 95 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The former junk bond king — a sobriquet he abhors and rails against on his personal website — has assiduously built up his conference over the years. Milken conference celebrates capitalism amid a rising tide of inequality 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Andre Williams, an R&B singer and record producer whose talking, proto-rap style and strutting stage persona earned him the sobriquet “Mr. Rhythm,” died March 17 at a nursing home in Chicago. Andre Williams, R&B singer and producer known as Mr. Rhythm, dies at 82 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z She laughs at the sobriquet “The Mountain Lady,” figuring that it fits because she lives on one. Emu on the loose? Call in the ‘Mountain Lady’ 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z He first came to wide attention alongside contemporaries like Alan Bates and Tom Courtenay, actors collectively known as “angry young men” — counterparts to the playwrights and novelists who shared that sobriquet. Albert Finney, ‘Angry Young Man’ Who Became a Hollywood Star, Dies at 82 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z That Mr. Trump would slap a childish sobriquet on a man he perceives as a threat is not news. No Coincidence Here: Trump’s Bezos Attack Was a Valentine to The Enquirer 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The initials by which Saudi Arabia’s young crown prince is so widely known — MBS — were transformed by critics into a darker sobriquet: “Mister Bone Saw.” For some world leaders, 2018 is a year best forgotten 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Guardiola’s sobriquet might be Señor Relentless for his never-ending pursuit of excellence and Southampton witnessed this when City came straight at them at the second half’s start. Sterling hits two as Manchester City thrash Southampton to go top again 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z On the Republican side, another former New York mayor, Rudolph W. Giuliani, long ago abandoned his sobriquet of “America’s mayor” to direct legal strategy for the president and assist his New York-flecked administration. Will Trump Make New York Democrats the New Lords of Capitol Hill? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The show was part of Glover’s “This Is America” tour, which he claims will be his last under the Childish Gambino sobriquet. ‘This isn’t a concert. It’s an experience’: Childish Gambino sees his D.C. performance as a form of ‘church’ 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Zhang shot to fame in high school after a photo of her holding a cup of milk tea went viral on Chinese social media, earning her the sobriquet “Sister Milk Tea.” JD.com Founder Gets Back to Business in Beijing Days After Arrest in U.S. 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z The sobriquet was too fitting not to stick. How the Trump administration went easy on small-town police abuses 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The firm’s political connections and machinations—whether real or merely imagined—earned it the sobriquet “vampire squid” from Rolling Stone magazine. David Solomon will be the new CEO of Goldman Sachs 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Business interests wanted commercial development and feared the sort of parkgoers who had brought City Hall Park the sobriquet “Muscatel Meadows.” The Seattles that might have been 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z I wasn’t the slightest bit surprised to see the sobriquet in a recent New York Times headline above a front-page story earlier this month: “How Michael Cohen, Trump’s Fixer, Built A Shadowy Business Empire”. Michael Cohen is giving Washington fixers a bad name | Jill Abramson 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Now, Sadr is poised to assume a new sobriquet: kingmaker, after leading a political coalition to what appeared to be an early lead in national elections in Iraq. How Moqtada al-Sadr went from anti-American outlaw to potential kingmaker in Iraq 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The sobriquet followed him throughout his career, which lasted through 1985 and included six All Star selections. Rusty Staub, baseball’s clutch-hitting ‘Le Grand Orange,’ dies at 73 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z As for the sobriquet that stayed with him, he wrote in The New York Times, teammates had been calling him the Big Orange even before he arrived in Montreal in a trade with Houston. Rusty Staub, Durable Batter Who Won Pennant With Mets, Dies at 73 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Her mission has earned her the sobriquet Pad Woman. Bollywood takes on menstrual hygiene 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z He will co-present its breakfast show, Jackson and Jonbob, under the sobriquet Stonewall Jackson, in reference to a Confederate general in the US civil war. DJ who groped Taylor Swift hired by Mississippi radio station 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Soon, processes of mental corrosion acquired a new and alarming sobriquet: “brainwashing.” Opinion | When Americans Were Afraid of Being Brainwashed 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The sobriquet “father of globalisation” was, at the time, a compliment. Peter Sutherland, former head of the GATT and the WTO, dies 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Graham gives a candid account of her development from dutiful daughter and wife to the “Iron Lady,” a sobriquet, we see, that owed more to the sexism of the day than to her character. For your listening pleasure: 3 recommended audiobooks 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Unusually for a footballer, he also earned a degree in medicine and was known for his outspoken political views and intellectualism, earning him the sobriquet Doctor Sócrates. When sports stars make a run at politics 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z As its sobriquet implies, the selection process is based on luck. Trump Embellishes the Truth in a Speech to the Thin Blue Line 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Because of the regional Kurdish government’s ban on tall buildings in a buffer zone around the citadel, it retains a commanding aspect over the city and its ancient sobriquet as “the Crown of Irbil.” After 6,000 years of human habitation, one family and lots of mice 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Because of the regional Kurdish government’s ban on tall buildings in a buffer zone around the citadel, it retains a commanding aspect over the city, and its ancient sobriquet as “the Crown of Erbil.” After 6,000 Years of Human Habitation, One Family and Lots of Mice 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z But this week, as a punishing heat wave bears down on Portland and much of western Oregon, Portlanders have given their town such nicknames as “Hotlandia,” along with less polite sobriquets. Heat wave hits Portland, and a laid-back city withers. Welcome to 'Hotlandia' 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Certain members of the rank-and-file have been recognised for their literary abilities, earning sobriquets such as “the Poet of al-Quaida” or “the Poet of Jihad”. The art of making a jihadist 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z She was famous, after all — a Maryland-born operative with a wooden leg and a sobriquet, “The Limping Lady” — who was considered one of the most effective Allied spies leading the French resistance. The Nazis were closing in on a spy known as ‘The Limping Lady.’ She fled across mountains on a wooden leg. 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Referencing the sobriquet of national parks as “nature’s cathedrals”, Ruch shuddered at the idea of people playing Pokémon or streaming movies on the slopes of Rainier. Call of the wild? Proposal for cellphone service on Mount Rainier sparks debate 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z He almost certainly would also have been expelled under Barack Obama, who broke records with 2.5m formally expelled, earning the sobriquet “deporter-in-chief”. 'It's life and death': border crossings continue despite the Trump effect 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Foxe had her 15 minutes of fame, during which her exotic dancer sobriquet was changed from “The Argentine Firecracker” to “The Tidal Basin Bombshell.” What are you hiding? Trump has been building a Watergate all his own 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z This sobriquet for the man of your dreams would be charming if he were the lead in a romantic novel. Totes annoying: words that should be banned 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Allison had put in a year at the University of Mississippi before his service, and he briefly returned to Ole Miss — one reason, perhaps, for his sobriquet “the William Faulkner of jazz,” popularized by Sidran. Mose Allison, jazz-blues musician and elder statesman to rockers, dies at 89 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z He was tough on taxes, big on the Second Amendment and business, so tough on crime that he was given the sobriquet “Chain-Gang Charlie.” Florida’s Political Chameleon Is Back—Probably for Good 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Desert Trip also has been dubbed “Oldchella,” “Dadchella” and “Rockers With Walkers,” among other sobriquets, but matters of age seemed irrelevant to those on hand. Desert Trip: Two weekends, six classic rock acts. Which one was better? Can it be repeated? 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Machado recalled the specific taunts from Trump that Clinton invoked on Monday night during the debate, as well as another sobriquet: “Miss Eating Machine.” Traumatized by Trump: a beauty queen’s ordeal 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Yet it was Palmer who earned, and never relinquished, the sobriquet “King.” Arnold Palmer dies at 87; golfer captivated fans with homemade swing and revolutionized sports marketing 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Bill McMahon, who blogs under the sobriquet DriftGlass, said Warren is better suited to become “the lion of the Senate” than a member of a Clinton administration. Clinton has several VP options: Fiery liberals, Hispanics and white guys 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z These are the familiar sobriquets of recent generations, but what exactly defines the cohorts, and what, if anything, do their labels reveal? Analysis of the Generations Isn’t an Exact Science 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Actually, however, the first politician to suffer that sobriquet was a Republican. This is a Democratic civil war: The Hillary/Bernie rift cuts to the essence of the party’s soul 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z The “Trump of the East” sobriquet undersells some of Duterte’s more surprising positions — he has publicly backed death squads; the Donald merely endorses torture — and does little to explain his popularity here. The ‘Trump of the East’ could be the next president of the Philippines 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Sometimes they insult each other’s wives, jest about violence and sling playground-style sobriquets. How should Muslim parents and teachers talk to children about Donald Trump? 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z This is a common sobriquet for Tubman, popularized by an early biography written by Sarah Bradford. Five myths about Harriet Tubman 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Tourre had joked about selling the doomed deal to “widows and orphans,” and had referred to himself as “Fabulous Fab,’’ a sobriquet that probably would not endear him to a jury. Why the S.E.C. Didn’t Hit Goldman Sachs Harder 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z His sorcery spawned a sobriquet: Mr. Game 7. Capitals Hope Justin Williams Is the Charm to End Their Playoff Hex 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Smith, like many, has claimed ignorance regarding the origin of his nickname, blaming his grandfather for turning baby babble into a lasting sobriquet. What’s in a Nickname? Ask Scoochie, Yogi or Tubby 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z “Among all classes in Illinois the sobriquet of ‘honest Abe’ is habitually used by the masses,” a Republican newspaper reported of Lincoln, in 1860. The Age of Facts Is Over 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z "The result, unbeknownst to us, was that every instance of Trump's name got replaced with the sobriquet 'someone with tiny hands'." Wired explains Trump 'Tiny Hands' misprint - BBC News 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z But Edwards' spirited performance at those Calgary Games earned him a raft of media coverage and the sobriquet Eddie the Eagle, a living viral video long before the age of YouTube. Eddie the Eagle, the ordinary-guy Olympian, returns to the conversation 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Now we need to think of another sobriquet for the Great White Way. Letters to Calendar: 'Hamilton' leads the way 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z It evoked the Great Fire of 1666, for one, and the devastation of December 29th, 1940 quickly earned the sobriquet of “the Second Great Fire.” How a Single World War II Photograph Was Used to Support Both Britain and Germany 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z But that sobriquet does not mean the economy has been uniformly lackluster. U.S. Economy Grew at 2.1 Percent Rate in Third Quarter 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Later, there would be another sobriquet, “Mr. Schmidt Schnauze,” or Mr. Schmidt the Lip, for often-stinging speeches, articles and comments that at times infuriated both left and right. Helmut Schmidt dies; West German chancellor was transformative leader 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z That was the lofty sobriquet assigned to boxing long ago by devoted followers with a romantic flair. Boxing Is a Brutal, Fading Sport. Could Football Be Next? 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z She earned sobriquets like ‘‘queen of kink’’ and ‘‘downtown princess of darkness.’’ Mary Gaitskill and the Life Unseen 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z It is worth noting that in 1975, the band opposed the Robber Barons sobriquet, preferring that teams be called the Stanford Trees. Stanford Fans Still Expect Oddities When the Band Is Out on the Field 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z And at least some of the advantages Mr Shapiro cites are real—and are helping Georgia prevail in its struggle with Louisiana for the sobriquet “Hollywood South”. That old zombie charm 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Barreling trains killed and mangled so many people that the route earned the sobriquet “Death Avenue.” New York Today: Miracle on 34th Street 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z In a speech this week, Khamenei even recalled the "Great Satan" sobriquet placed on the United States by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution. Iran's supreme leader keeps his distance from nuclear deal 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z New Orleans hasn’t yet become the high-tech mecca promised by the hopeful sobriquet Silicon Bayou or an economy transformed by entrepreneurs and artisans, among the dreams leaders espoused after Katrina. The New Orleans Economy Ten Years After Katrina 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z For Mr. Clinton, of course, the sobriquet of first black president was meant as a compliment, and for Mr. Obama a historical accomplishment. DNA That Confirmed One Warren Harding Rumor Refutes Another 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z There is a history of marginalized, unpopular, or not-yet-popular groups of people adopting sobriquets that started out as terms of ridicule, abuse, or negativity. Buckley, Vidal, and the “Queer” Question 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Sports used to cultivate sweet-sounding sobriquets like “Ice Man,” “Cool Papa” and “The Galloping Ghost.” Celebrating the best nicknames on the PGA Tour: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z One of his sobriquets is “the green composer”; one of his books, “The Place Where You Go to Listen,” is subtitled “In Search of an Ecology of Music.” Acclaimed outdoor music piece to be performed at three D.C. venues 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z This was thanks to the nuclear powered promotional energy and out-sized personality of said Charles who was such a celebrity he acquired the sobriquet Champagne Charlie. Best Champagne You've Never Heard Of #8 -- Champagne Charlie's Legacy 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Under the shorter sobriquet, it gained national fame as a flame retardant in children’s pajamas. A Flame Retardant That Came With Its Own Threat to Health 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z As a teenager, Graham helped run the pool hall on weekends when gamblers working the Southern circuit, hustlers with sobriquets like One-Eyed Jack and Crooked Stick, would migrate to Central. GOP’s Lindsey Graham sees an opening as antagonist to Rand Paul 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Lenore Skenazy, a New York City mother of two, earned the sobriquet “America’s Worst Mom” after reporting in a newspaper column that she had allowed her younger son, then 9, to ride the subway alone. Advice From 'America's Worst Mom' 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z One of the “two archaeologists” was T. E. Lawrence, later known by the sobriquet “Lawrence of Arabia.” A Motorized Single-Wheel Car 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z He was at it again during monthly Defence Questions in Parliament when he offered the sobriquet to a number of fellow MPs. Gallantry in the House of Commons 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Pragmatically, they sought protection within the Russian Empire - and, indeed, backed the winning horse because Ivan lived up to his terrible sobriquet and forcibly subjugated the Tatars in Imperial Russia. The people with the reddest hair in the world 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z It traces its origins and its French sobriquet to a Catholic priest who emigrated from France—but it is not Notre Dame. Canada's Laval University Shows How to Do Football Right At Highfield Road he earned the sobriquet “Sumo”, helping to keep the club in the top flight after embarking on an astonishing goalscoring spree with goals in his first six appearances. The Joy of Six: celebrating big-boned footballers 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z This sobriquet was earned by Brady’s cognizance of a CBO estimate that every one-tenth of one percent GDP growth adds $314 billion in federal revenue over ten years. The Hidden Key 2014 Election: Kevin Brady Jolts Paul Ryan 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z For those astounding feats Nurmi, a native of Turku, Finland’s oldest city, earned one of sport’s most enduring alliterative sobriquets: the Flying Finn. How Angry Birds and Flying Finns Led to a U.S. Massacre in Basketball’s World Cup As he climbed the CBS hierarchy, he developed a decisive management style that earned him the sobriquet “the velvet shiv.” Edward M. Joyce, CBS News Leader During Era of Cost-Cutting, Dies at 81 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z And as for the name, bestowing such a sobriquet is part of the culture of the academic computing world. U-Md. supercomputer lands on list of top performers His sobriquet was “the junk bond king,” but Mike was much more. Valeant: The Milken Meteor Strikes Allergan 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z But, the “gear city” sobriquet is not commonly heard. Why Immigration Is Crucial To The Revival Of America's Cities 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z He helped his adoptive home earn the sobriquet “Londonistan”, conferred for what many saw as indulgence towards Islamic radicals. Reeled in 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The Huskies’ second home — that is what Jim Calhoun, their former coach, would call the Garden, and that sobriquet popped up again and again in conversations on Thursday. Memories Flood Back as UConn Returns to Madison Square Garden 2014-03-28T03:28:50Z “Commodore” is a cap tip to James Walter Thompson, who was known by that sobriquet and in 1868 joined the space brokerage, founded four years earlier as Carlton & Smith. Advertising: JWT Plans to Celebrate 150 Years With a Focus on the Future 2014-03-09T22:29:56Z Tymoshenko is reported to have made millions in the 1990s as president of a company that was for a while the main importer of Russia natural gas, earning her the sobriquet "Gas Princess". Ukraine's Tymoshenko out of jail, still divisive 2014-02-22T16:14:02Z But those who were aware of the cluster of cottages knew it best by its sobriquet: Penny Lane. CIA turned some Guantanamo Bay prisoners into double agents against al-Qaeda, AP reports 2013-11-26T16:23:05Z Why do so many people respond so strongly to female bodybuilding and why, in light of the negative sobriquets, do women bodybuilders pump iron? Shoes, tattoos and lap dancing PhDs 2013-11-26T00:39:04Z For some of the papers it is the only story on the front page, along with further sobriquets. , the expression on his face is somewhat regal, or at least, he is not smiling. Prince's christening steals headlines 2013-10-24T05:01:26Z She made a fortune as a gas trader in the mid-1990s, earning the sobriquet 'gas princess'. Viktor, Yulia feud holds key to EU deal with Ukraine 2013-10-07T10:46:26Z Feig, given the sobriquet "Hollywood's accidental feminist" by , says his ultimate aim is to level the playing field for men and women, particularly when it comes to the male-dominated field of comedy. The Heat director 'comedy is comedy' 2013-07-30T02:18:25Z It even got so bad that he was called a "Chancentod" – the death of chances — not a hugely encouraging sobriquet for a striker. Robert Lewandowski brings goals and fortitude to Borussia Dortmund 2013-05-24T11:11:30Z The most recent of these, beginning in 2007-08, deserves the older sobriquet, in view of its severity, persistence and global impact. Karl Marx's ideas still resonate today 2013-05-16T11:00:31Z Before she had won a general election vote in the UK, Thatcher had won the sobriquet overseas of the Iron Lady. Margaret Thatcher, a political phenomenon, dies aged 87 2013-04-08T12:27:43Z The problem was that Mercurius had been named after the Roman god Mercury, and he didn’t think it appropriate to carry such a blatantly pagan sobriquet into the papacy. Can We Call Him Frank? 2013-03-13T21:25:00Z It is already a generic drug-making powerhouse whose exports to Latin America and Africa have earned it the sobriquet as "the developing world's pharmacy". Slow approvals put India's drug trials industry at risk 2013-02-12T22:07:30Z Such was the volume of his trade that he earned himself the sobriquet "Mr Marlboro". How cigarette smuggling fuels Africa's Islamist violence 2013-01-27T00:04:10Z Indeed, the testimonials of clients who say that her workouts have transformed their bodies have earned her sobriquets such as “organic plastic surgeon,” perhaps her favorite. For Tracy Anderson, Fitness Expert, Always a New Move 2012-12-21T02:37:20Z It’s kind of Orwellian that anyone would rapaciously buy an ETF with the ticker JNK—branding shorthand for “junk,” Wall Street’s sobriquet for high-yield, the riskiest layer of corporate bonds. In This Junkyard, It Seems, There Are No Dogs 2012-11-11T21:27:57Z It was the first nation in Latin America to establish a welfare state, maintained through relatively high taxes on industry, and developed a democratic tradition that earned it the sobriquet "The Switzerland of South America". Uruguay profile 2012-10-23T17:04:36Z The same sobriquet might well be applied to Cardinal Dolan, whose public manner is one of good humor. City Room: The Day: At Dinner, Political Banter and Some Familiar Suspicions 2012-10-18T13:24:44Z The biggest: leveraged loans are typically made to below-investment-grade companies, the same ones that earned high-yield bonds the sobriquet "junk bonds." 'Leveraged Loans' Look Good 2012-10-13T01:01:35Z But, as the rest of the planet hums along, paying little notice to what went on in Tampa and Charlotte, that sobriquet has never felt more hollow. Far From U.S. Politics, New World Order Takes Shape 2012-09-07T18:05:32Z The sobriquet has stuck since he was in high school. John Taylor, Known as House, Is Among Biggest Football Players 2012-09-07T02:49:12Z Thanks to the New York State Assembly and its shenanigans, there is reason to revive the sobriquet. City Room: The Day: Vito Lopez Harassment Case Casts Shadow Over New York's Delegates 2012-09-04T13:21:54Z Osborne does not deserve the sobriquet of a work-experience or part-time chancellor – he is in command of the Treasury and I have seen at first hand how he chairs meetings efficiently and inclusively. George Osborne: the worst of all the British chancellors I've known 2012-07-28T12:28:02Z The immense popularity of its dishes earned Ms. Woods the sobriquet the Queen of Soul Food. Sylvia Woods, Soul-Food Restaurateur, Is Dead at 86 2012-07-20T02:56:11Z Four years ago, Damascus was chosen as the Arab world’s Cultural Capital by UNESCO, and some people seem determined to hold on to that sobriquet, despite the many dead. Champagne Flows While Syria Burns 2012-07-09T05:00:00Z Left undisturbed to go about his business without encountering distractions such as acclaim, Boardman was so meticulous in his attention to detail and preparation for races that he earned the sobriquet The Professor. 50 stunning Olympic moments No 43: Chris Boardman's golden Barcelona 2012-06-27T11:01:31Z Carsewell would hardly have dared to address his patron, and the most powerful nobleman in Scotland, by a false name or a sobriquet. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z His name was Bubba, a perfect Southern sobriquet, and he was dressed in white and carrying a hot-pink driver that he is using to raise money for charities. On Golf: 2012 Masters - Bubba Watson?s Title Is a Victory for Creativity and Golf 2012-04-09T20:14:33Z As a mere youth, his talent for transferring his allegiance with lightning speed from one woman to the next had won for him the sobriquet "L'Inconstant." Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z It was early discovered by the settlers that he was a conscientious man; so well established was this fact that he was known by the sobriquet of “Honest Dave.” Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z They manifestly did not suppose their sobriquets would be any bar to preferment. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Illness compelled him to visit Spain in 1851, and here he produced many excellent pictures of Spanish life, which greatly added to his reputation, and gained for him the sobriquet of "Don Phillip of Spain." English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z At Oxford, Prescott was the guest of the Bishop, the well-known Wilberforce, popularly known by his sobriquet of "Soapy Sam." William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z No matter how lovingly the sobriquet was used, she found it patronizing. The New Old Age Blog: When I Needed Help, Pt. 2 2012-03-05T13:05:46Z He really did something to entitle him to his universal sobriquet. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Many of these sobriquets had become popular among the unthinking and careless. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Early in the morning of 6 April, a sunny morning worthy of the spring, Mr. Claude Johnson arrived at my Berkshire cottage with the Rolls-Royce owning the sobriquet of the Grey Ghost. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Here, too, are pictures of her husband which fully justify his popular sobriquet, "handsome Jack Musters." A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z With Swift, however, he had occasional quarrels, during one of which the great satirist bestowed on him the sobriquet of “Trimming Harcourt.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z This action advanced McClellan considerably in popular estimation and led to the bestowal upon him, by some enthusiast, of the sobriquet “the Young Napoleon.” From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Hume himself speaks of them as names adopted by converts, evidently unaware that these sobriquets were all but invariably affixed at the font. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Carlile's patience and forbearance with the unfortunate peculiarities of this wife earned for him the sobriquet of a noted sage. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z The sobriquet of "Honest Abe" was early won by him and never lost. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street earned thereby the sobriquet of Hangland's Bank, and her victims included two women on a day when Cruikshank looked at the gibbet of the Old Bailey. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z He earned the sobriquet of India’s Gregory Peck courtesy of the Washington Post decades ago, according to Mid Day newspaper. Dev Anand, India’s Gregory Peck, Dies at 88: Press Trust Says 2011-12-04T18:07:03Z But there is good reason for believing that the sobriquet is as old as Charles I.’s reign. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Tinker's Hue is, I presume, the sobriquet of a white bird with a smutty back; Murr is clearly a corruption of Mergus, or 'diver'. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Never fear; I didn't get the sobriquet of Ficelle for nothing. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z The Infant's sobriquet among those of his contemporaries who valued him was "Bags," but in ladies' society Lord Hemsworth was wont to soften the unrefinement of the name by modifying it to Trousers. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z His naturally winsome nature had been changed by teasing and abuse until he seemed to deserve the sobriquet they gave him,—"little savage." The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z The Rector of Lydney would be about twenty-five when this play was written, and may have suggested himself the sobriquet. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z "A sobriquet of my own invention to designate the place where the revolutionists meet." The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z "But that name is only a sobriquet which your comrades have given you; your true name is �tienne Renaud, and you are of Auvergne?" San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z The country people for miles round about his own neighbourhood gave him the sobriquet of "Girt Andrew," from his giant-like stature and great strength. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z Winfrithing, though it is a case in which I do not feel much certainty, finding one or two other such names as Turnpenny, which may have been sobriquets. Surnames as a Science 2011-09-26T02:00:27.097Z The years passed, and the Gray Phantom’s adventures made his sobriquet known from coast to coast, but gradually the life he was leading began to pall on him. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z He derives the sobriquet “Hurricane” from the mad way he rushes round his own paddock when he first gets out of a morning. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z For my part," said Dubott�, "I confess that I can't endure being compared to a barrel; any sobriquet you please, except that. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z By reason of his name poor Bean had a variety of sobriquets in the family. Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z Our name Handsomebody has clearly been a sobriquet of the same kind, and, referring to the older sense of "handsome," means a handy or useful messenger. Surnames as a Science 2011-09-26T02:00:27.097Z They are often distinguished by the ludicrous sobriquet of "sugar noblemen," most of them having acquired their titles from the proceeds of their sugar plantations. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z Early in his career he became known by the sobriquet of "Cromlech Stabb"—even his unlearned friends would call him "Cromlech" oftener than by any other name. Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z It is not, however, a sobriquet anyone had previously applied to Murdoch, who is pejoratively known in Australia as the “Dirty Digger.” Aussies Get Best of Murdoch by Ignoring His Fall: Iain McCalman 2011-07-29T00:22:06Z Funny, when I seek to characterize the transparently arrogant, sexist, and disdainful former Treasury Secretary, I actually think of that very sobriquet. Learning from "the Winkelvi" 2011-07-22T17:42:06Z These names ending in staff might naturally be taken to have been sobriquets, to be classed along with Shakespear, Breakspear, and other names of the same kind. Surnames as a Science 2011-09-26T02:00:27.097Z The exact uses of punctuation, the clearness which the proper marks give to writing, soon earned for him the sobriquet "Old Semicolon" among his fellow reporters. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z The sobriquet was affixed by his trainer, who, one might surmise, became frustrated with his attitude toward training. Monday Qualifier: Darren Clarke Is The People's Champion 2011-07-18T04:00:00Z I found the floods almost unprecedentedly high, and the "loved city" abundantly justifying its playful sobriquet of "Spires and Ponds." A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z By this sobriquet the latter was known among the different clans of the Dahcotah or Sioux, obviously bestowed upon him by reason of his magnificent golden beard. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z The only other alternative would be that he had been so called as a sobriquet by his office till it had superseded his regular name. Surnames as a Science 2011-09-26T02:00:27.097Z The mulatto laughed—a hideous, hyaena-like grin—showing the long, sharp, canine teeth which had gained him his repellent sobriquet. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It was his appearance that had earned him the sobriquet, "Bear Brokaw." Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z They were true to that sobriquet, losing 2-0 in the first leg and only managing that draw in their own stadium, missing a penalty into the bargain. River of tears 2011-06-27T16:09:07Z Among European rustics such group sobriquets are usual, but are resented. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Such a name, as derived from office, could hardly be borne by an Anglo-Saxon, unless, indeed, as a sobriquet, superseding his original name. Surnames as a Science 2011-09-26T02:00:27.097Z Now and then the merriest of laughs rang out, fairly infectious in its happiness and joy, but of so rare recurrence as to win for you the sobriquet of "Madam Gravity." The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z This sobriquet, let me explain, was applied to Professor Fordham in no unkind or depreciatory spirit by his classes. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z She wore a high false front, of a warmer brown than the slightly grizzled hair that she piled en turban on her head, a majestic note which had earned her the sobriquet of "the Duchess." The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z The visage had the intensity of a Puritan zealot, with pasty cheeks, heavy-lidded eyes, and the short, ragged hair that had earned him and all his followers the sobriquet of "Roundhead." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z His biting wit won for him the sobriquet of ‘the Scorpion;’ but notwithstanding his sting he won and retained through life many warm friends. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z “The deceased for many years was known by the sobriquet of ‘The Marquis,’ which was given him when he kept a pack of harriers at his own expense, and with which he had good sport. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The Tory ex-Prime Minister appeared to have left most of his courage behind him in Ireland, where he went as 'Clara,' and stayed to earn the more flattering, if inelegant, sobriquet of 'Tiger Lily.' The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Being something of a wag, he gave him the sobriquet of "Wash." The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z The vitalizing imaginative power of his early years deserted him, and the sobriquet of a “Don Quixote of Romanticism” which his enemies applied to him was not unjustified. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Belonging to the sisterhood of “pretty horse-breakers,” she had earned this sobriquet by exhibiting superior skill in disposing of her cast steeds! The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z This was a well-known criminal whom she had named; one who had earned his sobriquet by killing two men in a barroom fight, when he had been one of the celebrated Whyo gang. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z I thereby receive a small sum, but I hazard no fame, and would willingly try if, under a new sobriquet, I could lay siege to a new public. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z Because of the names associated with these reviews—Condor, Donkey, and Mantis—government officials refer to system as “the Animal Farm,” adding an Orwellian sobriquet to an Orwellian process. The Story of One Man's Immigration Ordeal 2011-04-10T14:00:00Z "Ah! that was his sobriquet, was it?" said the Secretary, smiling. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z The words were pronounced with no particular emphasis; in fact, very much as though both sobriquet and calling were household words, and sufficiently familiar in all men's mouths. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Also was he known as the “Night Owl;” a sobriquet due to his habit of making nocturnal expeditions that oft took the Royalists by surprise. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z There was another “Jacob” upon the plantation—hence the distinctive sobriquet of “Yellow Jake.” Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z He had succeeded to the sobriquet which had been applied to his cousin and brother-in-law, William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, who died in 1834. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z A gentleman, who rejoiced in the sobriquet of Gratte-les-rues, was made Minister of War. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z The speaker was plainly no other than the rascal who called himself Sundown; the hawkers heard the sobriquet on the lips of the other masked man, and their glances met. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z In early life he had been a common "faker" and sold soap, hence his sobriquet. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z He it was who had given his little daughters their quaint, formal sobriquet of "the ladies," the phrase seriously accepted by others, until no longer recognized as a nickname. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z But Mona will not be entreated; sweetly, but firmly, she declines to alter the sobriquet given her so long ago now. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Sir Horace Walpole had called her on one occasion "The American Beauty," and the sobriquet clung like a perfume to her. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z For his alleged involvement in the torture of a host of leftist and Islamist dissidents, Henderson earned the sobriquet "the Butcher of Bahrain." Foreign Mercenaries in the Middle East: A Brief History 2011-02-23T08:55:00Z And the inspector went on describing the search for "Quarrelsome Harry" who had been "spotted" at a time when he was in a fair way to prove his right to his sobriquet. The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z Uncle Ephraim's testimony, save for the withheld episode of the grotto, the exact truth, was corroborative, but suffered somewhat from his reputation for wearing two faces, his sobriquet of "Janus" being adduced by the prosecution. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Bailey: the alliterative sobriquet clung to him, just as did some of those too glib pejorative adjectives, such as boring, cussed, aloof, pompous and mercenary. Trevor Bailey obituary 2011-02-10T18:47:48Z With the Register a favourite sobriquet for the Observer is "Mother C——y." Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z They are all, or nearly all, States’ men; and “Don Samuel,” despite his sobriquet, was not an exception. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Embracing the made-for-Hollywood sobriquet Johnny Vegas, he exhibits the kind of joy that the young, unburdened Tiger Woods, his third-round playing partner Saturday at Torrey Pines, used to bring to the course. Venezuelan Rises on Tour After His Homeland Rejects Golf 2011-02-01T18:20:13Z In 1996, after The Washington Post unmasked him as the author of “Primary Colors,” he said he intended to write two more novels under the Anonymous sobriquet. Writers Are Asked Not to Talk About Author of ?O? 2011-01-19T01:00:00Z When the old man stood up the fitness of his sobriquet was apparent. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z In the present case it was a worthy trader in provisions who had acquired among his fellow-townsmen a sobriquet from a supposed likeness to that sturdy court-card figure. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z His origin was Dutch, as was the case with a fair proportion of the officers, and he bore the name of Andries Coejemans, though he was universally known by the sobriquet of the "Chainbearer." The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Moreover, in a later verse appears “Uchin,” a sobriquet for “Augustino,” as a baptismal name in use among the Spanish Basques to this day. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z I looked into the first cabin, and seeing an old man sitting before the fire, greeted him with "How do you do, Uncle?" the sobriquet of all middle-aged negro men. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z We found on board this ship, from the sober “State of Maine,” a woman who passed under the sobriquet of “chamber-maid.” Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The term has degenerated into a slangy sobriquet. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z There can be little doubt that the sobriquet of "Yankees" is derived from "Yengees," the manner in which the tribes nearest to New England pronounced the word "English." The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z In some tales he appears rather as a species of brownie, and has received the familiar sobriquet of Ancho,1 from the Spanish Sancho. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z Swift is he, almost as the great ostrich itself,—so swift as to have earned from the Arabs the singular sobriquet of the “Devil’s horse.” The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z In the campaign, this penchant, which he demonstrated in the final weeks before Iowa and later during the financial crisis, served him well and earned him the sobriquet of the ultimate fourth-quarter player. Can Obama Change the Game Again? 2010-10-28T09:00:00Z It acquired that sobriquet from a keystone-cops adventure in which members stole a small airplane on Dec. 31, 1969, and flew it over an ammunition depot. After 40 years, search for University of Wisconsin bombing suspect heats up again 2010-09-22T03:43:00Z There were four of these men at work in the river, in addition to two stout lads and the old leader, who, as I afterward ascertained, was very generally known by the sobriquet of Thousandacres. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z On Madison Avenue, at least, that sobriquet belongs these days to Joel Ewanick. Advertising: Whirlwind Moves Into G.M.?s Marketing Office 2010-08-06T01:30:00Z On Thursday one of his interlocutors asked him if he had another nickname in mind now that his longtime sobriquet, Wild Thing, no longer seemed appropriate. John Daly Turns Heads With a 66 at the British Open 2010-07-15T17:40:00Z Notionally James Anderson may be considered the "leader of the attack", a sobriquet he does not particularly relish and one which actually means very little. No frills Steven Finn has talent to go far with England 2010-05-31T15:51:00Z It might have been a superficial sobriquet and said in jest but many a true word is and it was no compliment. Humberto Suazo: the fat boy who helped transform Zaragoza's season | Sid Lowe 2010-04-05T12:29:00Z They had called him “The Plunger,” and now they could not forget the nickeled and chrome-hardened gambling nerve which had won for him the sobriquet. The Law of Hemlock Mountain The Moriscoes, who understood his character well, held him in terror, as they proved by the familiar sobriquet which they gave him of the "iron-headed devil." History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies He had long since earned the sobriquet among other hunters of 'Champion Joe,' from the long list of triumphs he had achieved in the destruction of wild animals. Left on the Prairie By an extraordinary taste, though bred a seaman, he was so fond of quoting law, that he got the sobriquet of the "marine lawyer." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 The first of them, known only by the sobriquet of Peppercorn, was a tall, well-proportioned and active man, neatly dressed in the uniform of a British dragoon. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "By Jove, Jim, that is a shrewd thought!" said Lord Charles, forgetting that he was addressing her by a familiar sobriquet he never used before company. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) He was looked upon as what Eton boys call a "sap"; his fussiness about punctuation and style, soon earned for him the sobriquet of "Old Semi-Colon." Lafcadio Hearn Bruno hated him at heart, for it was he who had invented the sobriquet of "Miss Mother-in-law" for Baroness Steigeneck, the whilom dancer. On the Heights A Novel The family continued Protestant—the famous Abb� Edgeworth was a convert—and Maria Edgeworth's great-grandfather was so zealous in the reformed cause as to earn for himself the sobriquet of "Protestant Frank." Maria Edgeworth Chatelaine jewelry jangled; Herculean perfume dominated the air, and that expressive sobriquet for soubrette, a fourteen-inch willow-plume, and long as the tail of a male pheasant, brushed her left shoulder. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole The sobriquet attracted notice to me and to my habit of never making a demand; and long ere I came to learn the cause, I found myself deriving all the advantage of it. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience It was Mr Hofmeyr’s refusal to accept this responsibility, as well as the nature of his Bond policy, which won for him the political sobriquet of the “Mole.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" He obtaining his sobriquet from the fact that one of his legs was a wooden peg. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Tony and the other hunter, whose name was Blacking, a sobriquet gained from the extreme swarthiness of his skin, scouted ahead, and presently held up their hands to those following them to advance quietly. The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars The Doctor’s sobriquet, you see, had got among the assistant masters. Haviland's Chum "Don't go, Tom! don't go!" screamed the parrot, addressing him by a familiar sobriquet. One Of Them History relates that the treatment they employed was successful, and that Don Sancho, on reascending his throne, had undergone so complete a reduction as to be destitute of all claims to his previously acquired sobriquet. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. Just then two men in "store clothes" picked their way around the various groups of horses and Indians, stopping a short distance from Jack and the freighter, whose sobriquet was "Cal." Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter At this moment, when the fortunes of the day hung, as it were, on a single hair, our drummer, who enjoyed the sobriquet of "Weasel," advanced slowly but chivalrously upon the foe. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. In person Douglas was conspicuously small, being hardly five feet in height, but his large head and massive chest and shoulders gave him the popular sobriquet “The Little Giant.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Upon her return, she married a merchant ropemaker, whence her sobriquet--La Belle Cordi�re. Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) He was succeeded by his sister Mary, that unfortunate princess, whose sobriquet of "Bloody" gives her a melancholy distinction among the sovereigns of the house of Tudor. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Consequently, I was anxious to catch a glimpse of him; but before noting the impressions produced by that first meeting, I will devote a few lines to the origin of that celebrated sobriquet. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections The sobriquet of "The Destroying Angel" disappeared from the newspaper scare-heads. The Destroying Angel Sarwar made such progress in the art, and carried his depredations so far afield, that he became known on all the hills round by the sobriquet of “Chikki,” or the “Lifter.” Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches Red, Woolly, Punk and a saturnine-faced Texan whose addiction to unique expletives of an unconventional nature had secured for him the sobriquet of "Holy Joe." The Song of the Wolf "Come, old 'sea-wolf,'"—such was the sobriquet Paul went by among his comrades,—"thou art dull to-night," said an old sailor with a head as white as snow. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II His name was Bill Jeffords and he responded sometimes to the sobriquet of "One Eye." The "Genius" He had a voice of much sweetness and strength, and a paternal way of addressing his men, who speedily gave him the sobriquet of "Pap Price." The Struggle for Missouri His name was Edward Plantagenet and his sobriquet was the Black Prince. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. But his book was most unfortunately diffuse, earning its author the sobriquet of "Mr. Wordy," and it was conspicuously lacking in grasp, both in the marshalling of events and in the depicting of characters. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) There was in Hartford at this time a coterie of literary spirits whose sprightliness and bonhomie had gained for them the sobriquet of the "Hartford Wits." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. This sobriquet clung to him even after he had reached manhood and worked with the gang, particularly among the older men who remembered the circumstance. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 He reigned for nearly half a century, and, as his sobriquet indicates, was a man of peace. Rulers of India: Albuquerque There can be little doubt that the sobriquet of "Yankees" is derived from "Yengeese," the manner in which the tribes nearest to New England pronounced the word "English." The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts But despite his youthful vulnerability to the dainty which had won him his sobriquet, Persimmon Sneed's palate was not more susceptible to the allurements of flattery than his hard head or his obdurate heart. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories She wore large, square-toed, common-sense shoes, with low heels capped with rubber cushions, which, as I was shortly to discover, had earned for the lady the sobriquet of "Old Gum Heels." The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself Now, you dear clever papa, just turn your attention to that, and earn for yourself the sobriquet of national benefactor.' Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Parenthetically, it was from this that he got his sobriquet of Diamond Jack. Gold Black Daly was a man quite as dark as his sobriquet described him. The Landleaguers He probably arrives at the sobriquet through Petty, Betty, and so on. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II His odes to babes and children earned for him the sobriquet of 'Namby Pamby,' 'a term which has been incorporated into the English language to designate mawkish sentiment. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) To make his sobriquet the fitter, he wore a suit of crimson, very rich and ornate. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire However, the96 affair was too ludicrous to be at once altogether dropped; and, so long as the prudish publication was in existence, it enjoyed the sobriquet of "My Grandmother's Review." Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches This earned for its author the sobriquet, "The Apostle of Christmas." Dickens' London It would have been difficult to recognize in this stricken face the pink-and-white Dresden prettiness that had won her the sobriquet of "Apple Blossom." Kildares of Storm We now present a third candidate for this merit of candour in casts of the hands of the notorious Arthur Orton, better known under the sobriquet of the Claimant. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly At length he was regarded as a perfect fraud, and his sobriquet took a tinge of contempt. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) While the sign on the windows read The Lone Tree Saloon and Dance Hall, the place had earned the sobriquet of the Bucket of Blood, from the many tragedies enacted therein. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew It was also the first to label him with one of the affectionate, if inexplicable sobriquets that the West is so fond of. Westward with the Prince of Wales Her pedal dexterity in a quarrel had won for her the sobriquet of "La Savatière." Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life He was on terms of intimacy with the late Mr. Alexander Douglas, W.S., who, on account of the untidiness of his person, was known by the sobriquet of "Dirty Douglas." Law and Laughter When this sobriquet of Old Nick first came into use is unknown. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Avoided by both leaders and never tolerant of party discipline, McDougall sought to fill the r�le of independent critic and thus earned for himself, unfairly, the sobriquet 'Wandering Willie.' The Fathers of Confederation A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion It does not seem strange that you are called by the fitting sobriquet of ‘Bully Presby.’ The Plunderer "Ho! ho! ho!" roared the man, who was a dirty ruffian of two hundred pounds, mostly alcohol, and who enjoyed the fitting sobriquet of "le Cochon," from his appearance and characteristic grunt. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life To his bulk he added a stentorian voice, which he freely used in Nisi Prius practice to browbeat opposing counsel and witnesses, and through which he acquired his sobriquet. Law and Laughter The bantering sense of our modern sobriquet for the Devil appears to have crept in during the decline of witchcraft. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) It was in this period that he received the sobriquet "Buffalo Bill." Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer Or, The Stranger in Camp On every hand, as they crossed the country, sounded the refrains of that memorable song-campaign which gave to the state the fixed sobriquet of “Buckeye.” The Strollers It only needed the garb of the priest, and his appearance would have matched perfectly his sobriquet, “the Padre.” The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Hard Boiled Bland for the moment failed to merit his sobriquet. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 At the hotel in the evenings, several transients told him their story, hoping thereby to hear his own as a time-chaser, but Phil, true to the sobriquet he had earned at Ukalla, remained silent. The Spoilers of the Valley That was Hoover's sobriquet among his early mining associates; just as it was later among the members of his successive great war-time organizations. Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work Later happenings in her life caused Little to christen her "my Lady Jeffreys," a sobriquet bestowed upon her because of the manner in which she treated her daughter, whose name was also Margarita. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties Working his will whithersoever he fancies, unseen, unknown but for his sobriquet. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana For some extraordinary reason du Maurier was known to the Punch men as "Kiki," a friendly sobriquet which greeted him when he first joined, and refers to his nationality. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 He had an affection of the eyes which kept him winking or blinking constantly, from which he earned the sobriquet, "Old Blink Eye." War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 The sobriquet had hitherto been a mere shadow, a meaningless thing, to me. The First Violin A Novel The first glance at him reveals the origin of his sobriquet. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand “Slum” was his sobriquet by the courtesy of prairie custom. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana "It is, perhaps, a sobriquet?" he asked, but with no offensive air or insinuation. Captain Dieppe Footnote 47: Lord Canning having promulgated a Proclamation in July, enjoining the Civil Servants of the East India Company to refrain from unnecessary severity, had earned the sobriquet of "Clemency Canning." The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 The sobriquet of "Sandy" referred to his grit. Rimrock Trail One might have heard it all over Burgundy, or Provence for what I know; and hence, no doubt, his sobriquet of "the Four-Pounder." Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches Johnston tells us that in the north, "being difficult to cut in the harvest time, or to pull in the process of weeding, it has obtained the sobriquet of the Deil's-lingels." The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare But this sobriquet was used only when he and Cleopatra were alone together. Too Old for Dolls A Novel He distinguished himself afterwards so much at the siege of Nimeguen, that Turenne, who constantly called him by his sobriquet of "the handsome Englishman," predicted that he would one day be a great man. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Among the latter Aurore conscientiously enrolled herself and became a leader in their escapades, acquiring the sobriquet of "Madcap." Famous Women: George Sand A brutal massacre was in store for them if no help came; and remembering this the red-shirted Garibaldians fought as if they well deserved their sobriquet of "Scarlet Demons." Moods He was shot at so frequently that he received the sobriquet of the Target King! Louis Philippe Makers of History Series The former, whose sobriquet of "Zarps" war made more famous with the British than peace had rendered it infamous, numbered some 1,200 whites and 200 blacks under 13 officers and 64 non-commissioned officers. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government This is a wonderful change from a place known the world over by its fearful sobriquet of "Hell on Wheels." Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, better known perhaps by her musical sobriquet, the "Black Swan," was born in Natchez, Miss., in the year 1809. Music and Some Highly Musical People The Pivot City is a sobriquet invented by the citizens to symbolize it as the point on which the fortunes of the colony would culminate and revolve. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Indeed it was their tenacity in keeping death at arm's length which won for them their famous sobriquet. Merry-Garden and Other Stories Even while he was in the House of Commons he was known by the name of 'Will Bigamy;' and that sobriquet clung to him ever afterwards. A Book About Lawyers A great many suffered from diarrhœa and dysentery in consequence, and the place from this circumstance acquired the sobriquet of "Camp Sorghum." Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier This, by the way, was Laurence's sobriquet among these people, bestowed upon him by reason of his skill and craft in stalking wild game. The Sign of the Spider This individual, who was the chief of the tribe, was named Dugingi; while his companion enjoyed the more euphonious sobriquet of Jemmy Davis. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter It is made quite extensively at El Paso, hence the sobriquet. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography He had a certain gift for thinking of pretty sobriquets. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan The result was that up to this period of his existence he was an old-fashioned little fellow, and somehow had acquired the sobriquet of the "little deacon." Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier His impetuosity was notorious, for it had earned him the sobriquet “Firebrand,” which he could not have acquired except through the exhibition of those traits that she had enumerated. 'Firebrand' Trevison “Bad Bill” Cranston he was called, and the man looked as if he had earned his sobriquet. Crooked Trails and Straight One or two giving him the familiar appellation of "Hard Pan," which seemed a sort of sobriquet by which he was known. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography I wondered how Chase had managed to acquire that sobriquet. A Question of Courage This brigade was to share with the commanding officers the sobriquet by which he is known better than under his real name. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History At a club social the hostess proposed a game of "sobriquets," offering a prize for the one who would identify the largest number of the assumed names. Cupology How to Be Entertaining Honor had avoided Cilly from the first; Silly Sandbrook would be too dreadful a sobriquet to be allowed to attach to any one, but Lucilla resented the change more deeply than she showed. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster There is a report that some of his political foes, playing upon his initials, saddled him with the sobriquet of "Rat." Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage A sobriquet for the surgeon and his assistants. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. For a long time this gave me the sobriquet of "Old Chicken." Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings Robert had called him "Monkey," and it was not difficult to determine where he had obtained his sobriquet, for, looking at the youth, Darwinism seemed to be made easy, without distorting either facts or logic. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. The young Gregory, known by the diminutive of Gricha, began his exploits at a very tender age, and earned the sobriquet of Rasputin, which means "debauched." Modern Saints and Seers General Morgan was, in every sense of the word, a go-ahead man; he was so kind and careful with his men that they would speak of him altogether by the sobriquet of "Uncle Jimmy Morgan." History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service Also, a sobriquet for the white patch on a midshipman's collar. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. She was known by the sobriquet of "Stars and Stripes", or "The Yank", and good-natured fun was poked at her transatlantic accent. A harum-scarum schoolgirl I think we may rest assured that history will label the 1st British Corps in this war with some such distinguished sobriquet. 1914 Without pinning our faith to any particular anecdote, we need have no hesitation in accepting Turnbull as a sobriquet conferred for some feat of strength and daring on a stalwart Borderer. The Romance of Names As governor of Venice he was so upright and incorruptible as to win the sobriquet "Virgin of Italy." The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) A sobriquet for a lieutenant, in allusion to his former uniform. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Among what might be called the shifting population, was a peripatetic—ah, gambler, who traveled under the sobriquet of 'Gentleman Geoff'. The Fifth Ace The novelist, who much enjoyed Albert's sobriquet of "Lord Smith," simply shrugged his shoulders as he replied—"We all have our Smiths." The History of "Punch" Nicknames are formed in very many ways, but the two largest classes are sobriquets taken from the names of animals, e.g. The Romance of Names I doubt as to whether its commercial self-righteousness had developed to the extent of adopting the sobriquet "the Honest Port." Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer The paymaster's steward has most to do, having to serve the crew, and therefore has assistants, distinguished by the sobriquet of Jack-o'-the-dust, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Another, who at home flourished deservedly under the sobriquet of "Clever Billy," became, in a few brief months of service, the most surly, snappish, and selfish of his mess. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac The reason of his sobriquet does not appear. Rookwood More than one hundred and sixty of Fox's friends lost their seats and earned instead the sobriquet of Fox's Martyrs, and Fox himself had very great difficulty in getting elected for the new Parliament. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III He was first brought into notice at Winchester, where he fought a fierce battle with Banks, and derived the sobriquet which he has retained to the present time. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War The sobriquet of the English stationed or resident in Bengal, the literal meaning being, "Who is there?" The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Jacques—for let us adopt the sobriquets all round—turned negligently and said: "Pray what are you braying at, Sir Asinus?" The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 This spark was a no less distinguished personage than Tom King, a noted high-tobygloak of his time, who obtained, from his appearance and address, the sobriquet of the "Gentleman Highwayman." Rookwood In a country where the sobriquet is usually the only name by which it is courteous or safe to address a man, and where it is invariably apt, few men are accorded two. Laramie Holds the Range On account of his bellicose nature he was given the sobriquet of "Red Hot Jones." The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 A sobriquet which has universally obtained in a man-of-war. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. As already said, it is the depth of its ebon blackness, producing a purplish iridescence over the epidermis, that has gained for him the sobriquet “Blue Bill.” The Death Shot A Story Retold Now there was about Ger a certain loyalty and considerateness in his dealings with others, that had earned for him the sobriquet of "Gentleman Ger." The Ffolliots of Redmarley You will find him on the express between Melbourne and Sydney, known as "Hell Fire Jack," a sobriquet he has gained by his dash and daring in running the express. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 He remembered that he had not posted Crowley on the fact that the sobriquet “Miss Patsy Jones” still hid the identity of the girl where Latisan was concerned. Joan of Arc of the North Woods The sobriquet given to that portion of the Channel fleet which blockaded Brest. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Singular coincidence of name; since one aboard bears also the distinctive sobriquet. The Death Shot A Story Retold He had received the sobriquet of "Mad G.," and there was some justice in it from the opposition point of view. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Somehow the sobriquet had clung to him even after his return to the Panhandle. Oh, You Tex! This process revealed the headquarters of the traffic, for a sporting man, rejoicing in the sobriquet of "Wavey," came up from Fort Benton, in Montana, and paid the fines of the white men. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police Owing to these black eyes, and his sallow complexion, his sobriquet among the students was “the royal Bengal tiger.” Memoirs He had many sobriquets, the most popular of which was "Sergeant Coucou," so that after a while he was never called otherwise. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I He was known by the sobriquet of "Old Hickory." The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 Yes, I think we can accept it as a fact that Abel liked that sobriquet; it meant more money in his pocket, and fewer demands upon his time and patience. The Holy Cross and Other Tales He was about twenty-two years of age, deeply pitted with small-pox, and with a jovial carelessness of manner that had won for him the sobriquet of Reckless Jack. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers Perhaps the fact that Jake was exceptionally harsh and cruel at all times, may account for this, as it accounted for his sobriquet of Flint. Charlie to the Rescue From that time he acquired the sobriquet of "Peanuts,"—a name which, short as it was, attracted far more derision and notice than that of Jim Grant Garfield Rutherford Livingstone Washington. Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls He was known by the sobriquet of "Commodore." The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 The sobriquet of "the young squire" pleased his fancy, and he meant to live up to what he considered were the traditions of so distinguished a title. The Princess of the School Amongst his relations is that brave General, the Duke of Cumberland, whose memory is maligned in the sobriquet "Billy the Butcher." Westminster The Fascination of London Among her comrades, Deborah's young and jaunty appearance won for her the sobriquet "blooming boy." The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees After disposing of the dog the Flying Devil, wounded though he was, performed a feat worthy of his sobriquet; he leaped the rear fence. The Ape, the Idiot & Other People He was known in the West by the sobriquet of "Old Tippecanoe." The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 The character of Captain Horton was well-known to us from the complaints made by the officers belonging to his ship, of his apathy and indolence; indeed, he went by the sobriquet of “the Sloth.” Peter Simple I was very anxious to get rid of my sobriquet of “Poor Jack,” and when so called would tell everybody that my name was now “Thomas Saunders.” Poor Jack In the colony he was usually known by the sobriquet of ‘Links,’ or the left-handed. The Mission; or Scenes in Africa His caprice and violence were unbounded, his cruelty odious, and his ship was designated by the sobriquet of The Hell Afloat. The King's Own He was known during the Revolutionary War by the sobriquet of "Light Horse Harry." The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 The compliment paid him was of a doubtful character, as “Bot” means silly, a sobriquet he obtained probably in consequence of his failure. My First Voyage to Southern Seas He gained, however, the sobriquet of the Heavy, which, as he was a cocksparrow of a fellow, he retained ever afterwards. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman How fully they understood the noble sobriquet of "My Conscience," which the Palais de Justice bestowed upon him, and which suited him so well with his great height and his wooden gestures! The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) The youngster who had been dignified with the above sobriquet, and who made these replies, was certainly a most miserable-looking object, and looked as if a top-gallant breeze would have blown him to atoms. The King's Own His soldiers gave him the sobriquet of "Old Rough and Ready." The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 Her natural courtesy procured for her, while yet a child, from her French attendants, the sobriquet of Polie, a name which clung to her through life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 It was Mrs Greville’s pleasure to be addressed as “Madame” by the members of her household, and the name had spread until it was now adopted as a sobriquet by the entire neighbourhood. Flaming June It was the Nabob's sobriquet at Tunis, the label of his fortune, so to speak. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) It was she herself who had originated and sanctioned the continued use of the sobriquet, which had its origin in a juvenile answer given by herself to a stranger who inquired her name. A College Girl He was known during the Revolutionary War by the sobriquet of "Mad Anthony." The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 “Land!” murmured little Fisher—who from his diminutive stature had acquired from his fellow-mids the sobriquet of “Six-foot”—“Land! it’s nothing but ‘land ho!’ Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War At that time police officers were called "bats",—a sobriquet that troubled Bernardo very little. Brazilian Tales He is, in fact, childish in every way, deserving his sobriquet, and is followed about everywhere by his old nurse, Eremyéevna. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections It sometimes deflected public attention from the "melon" patch which was the Toronto World's sobriquet for the C.P.R. "pork barrel," and from the ever potential lobby maintained by the company at Ottawa. The Masques of Ottawa Among the mediæval customs which were preserved in the Pale when the rest of the world had long forgotten them was the use of popular sobriquets in place of surnames proper. The Promised Land Such sobriquets, to be of any real value, must come spontaneously; perhaps by accident; possibly conferred by an enemy. The Emma Gees In his eyes Grandmamma's twenty years, her triumphant charm, were concealed by a respectful sobriquet and by her providential qualities. The Nabob, Volume 1 The publishers of a recent 'Primer of Evolution' received a sudden flood of orders for the book simply on account of a review which had spoken of it under the sobriquet, 'From Gas to Genius.' Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story It exists to the present day, and is known by the slang sobriquet of the 'Tub,' an appellation suggested by its clientèle. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. The name of Galleygo was a sobriquet conferred by his brother top-men, but had been so generally used, that for the last twenty years most of his shipmates believed it to be his patronymic. The Two Admirals Earlier in the day he had been presented to Mansana, who had been informed that he was quartered at a neighbouring garrison, and that he was generally known by the sobriquet of "Amorino." Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands The ink would get on his hands and apron, and thence it would reach his face—thus the printer boy with his blackened face earned the sobriquet of 'printer's devil.' Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail "That's just where I'm compelled to differ with you, colonel," was the response, and it was this propensity for differing that had led to his sobriquet. Under Fire Mr. Marble's sobriquet in the cipher dispatches was Moses. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The Boar of Ardennes got his sobriquet from bearing the head of a wild boar in his arms. Recollections of Europe When I repeated this reminder, Mr. Davis recalled the sobriquet, as he had a precise personal knowledge of the officers of the old army. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government About this time he became a clerk in a country store, where his honesty and square dealing made him a universal favorite, and earned for him the sobriquet of 'Honest Abe.' Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail For some time past the streets had been rendered unsafe to pass after dark by bands of rioters who at that day were known by the sobriquet of "roreres." London and the Kingdom - Volume I Its editor was known as "Parson" Brownlow, a sobriquet which attached to him through life. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 "The Old Ranger" was a sobriquet to conjure with, and turned the scales in his favor in many a doubtful contest. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective It is true, I had heard his sobriquet, "Fat Tom," but, Heaven and Earth! such a mass of beef and brandy as stood before me, I had never even dreamt of. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Arthur, known under the sobriquet of "Candy," Cummings of Brooklyn is generally conceded to have been the first to introduce curve pitching, which he did about 1867 or 1868. A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson He was known to the students by the sobriquet of Sky-rocket Jack, owing to his great interest in having some fireworks at the illumination when President Everett was inaugurated. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 The other party is sneeringly called the "Low and Slow," and corresponds with a similar faction within the High Church which enjoys the sobriquet of the "High and Dry." History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology She had yet to understand the meaning of the simple sobriquet "Honest Jeff," which Nan Tristram had long since bestowed upon him. The Forfeit And on they did go; and sweet shooting they had of it; all the way down to the thick deep spot, known by the pleasing sobriquet of Hell-Hole. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Both here and in Germany this Goosefoot is used for feeding poultry, and it has hence acquired the sobriquet of Fat-hen. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure An amphibious race, born fishermen, in their buoyant skin kayaks they brave fearlessly the tempests, make long voyages, and merit the sobriquet bestowed upon them by Von Baer, “the Phenicians of the north.” The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America So he is only playing up to his sobriquet. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I For instance, the manner in which he earned his sobriquet of "Hydraulic" Smith I thought was pure fable, but no less a man than his former employer said that it was fact in every essential. Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters Slightly in advance of the others came a small, impetuous figure, a painfully thin, cross-eyed girl of fifteen, whose abundant crop of freckles had earned for her the sobriquet of "Speckles." The Alchemist's Secret Leeks were so highly esteemed by the Emperor Nero, that his subjects gave him the sobriquet of "Porrophagus." Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure He was silent and so self-contained that he won from his schoolfellows the sobriquet of "Old Coldfeet." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists No. 13 was pulled by engine 67, with Jim Bush at the throttle, and he was such a runner that he had earned the sobriquet of "Lightning Jimmie." Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers Well versed in the theory and practice of teaching, she soon won the sobriquet "Model Teacher." Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro In modern texts of Tacitus the Roman general’s name is Cilonius, and modern research has shown that the French admiral’s real name was Caseneuve and that Coullon was a sobriquet added for some unknown reason. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 "Time has elapsed since the days of your pinafores and braids, when I was honored with the sobriquet of 'Soldier-man' and you were the 'Little Empress.'" The Lighted Match He is also known as "Posey's bear dog"—a sobriquet bestowed upon him partly in humor, because of his ridiculously small size, and partly in honor, because of his utter fearlessness. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories His enduring good humour and his smiling manner earned for him the sobriquet of Sunny Jim. South with Scott To prompt the popular wit with appropriate sobriquets, numerous copies of Mr. Dempster's play-bill were posted on the walls, in suitably large and emphatic type. Scenes of Clerical Life The pet sobriquet was in as familiar use among them as her real name, but her touch on the bell did not suggest the imperiousness of royalty. Princess Frequently a sobriquet is given by no means complimentary. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 After that, he seemed to take particular pride in her sobriquet, and himself often called her "Colonel Kate." Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories He was known in the district under the elegant sobriquet of Skinny Graham; and when Gladys heard it for the first time, she laughed silently to herself, thinking of its fitness. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow |
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