Jul 19, 2019 · 'Manky' in British slang dictionaries. With regard to the specific question of what social class of people are most likely to use the word manky, Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, fourth edition (2014) has this interesting entry: manky adj British grotty, disgusting, or distasteful. A 1960s vogue word, mainly in middle-class usage.

As Martha says, many thanks is perfectly idiomatic. However, it is indeed an oddly isolated idiom: most other constructions which try to treat thanks as a plural noun are ungrammatical (eg *lots of thanks), and there’s certainly no such thing as *a thank.

Aug 4, 2015 · There's a much more ancient tale involving a monkey on somebody else's back, namely the fable by Aesop (who lived circa 620–564 BCE) that is known in English as The Monkey and the Dolphin.

Aug 15, 2013 · At many events (or just informally) this person is called the MC or Master of Ceremonies. MC noun 1 short for master of ceremonies.

Here is the entry for all get-out in Harold Wentworth, American Dialect Dictionary (1944):. all get-out. 1. To an extreme degree; —used with like or as.

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