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  • In the 'Notorious Glutton,' and perhaps in 'Meddlesome Matty,' the subject in both cases is inelegant, and the former might have been expunged.

    Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert, Formerly Ann Taylor 1874

  • "Meddlesome" is how the crooked real estate developer who hoped to buy the old amusement park for a song by pretending to be a ghost always describes the

    FAIR Blog 2008

  • Meddlesome conditions imposed before allowing firms like Comcast and NBC to merge result in company and industry structures that would not exist under true capitalism, relieve competitors of the necessity to react on behalf of consumers, and undermine customer-centric enterprise as a phenomenon.

    What The New Congress Can Do For The Technology Sector Wayne Crews 2011

  • A not-so-subtle veiled attack, script by P Meddlesome

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • "Meddlesome, under certain, rare yet identifiable conditions!"

    Joe Biden Needs to Work on His Bark - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • I look forward to the next Labour prime Minister Pete Meddlesome wearing dungarees in Kevin Rowland stylee.

    Should Labour bring back Clause 4? Jeff 2009

  • Mind you with mortgages a scarcity, Meddlesome will be very useful in showing people how to fill out their application forms remember if in doubt just do as he did, lie!

    Mandelson: Masterstroke or mistake? 2008

  • If Meddlesome did represent the interests of this country – not that he has done so in the past – he would be in breach of Community law.

    Mandy the law-breaker? Richard 2004

  • Meddlesome and malicious network users, of which there were virtually none at the outset, were first referred to as “network randoms” or “net randoms” or just plain “randoms.”

    Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner 2001

  • Meddlesome and malicious network users, of which there were virtually none at the outset, were first referred to as “network randoms” or “net randoms” or just plain “randoms.”

    Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner 2001

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