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a part that would tell, soon found a representative; but when we came to the "donnas" -- _prima_ and _secunda_ -- then it was that the manager's troubles began.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Various
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A certain number may prefer normal connection with a female, but except for those who tramp in vans and a limited number who have 'donnas' with them, women are not available, as prostitutes very seldom allow intimacy for 'love' except when drunk.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Havelock Ellis 1899
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Nonetheless, the fans were convinced the players were just overpaid prima donnas.
Roger I. Abrams: NFL Owners vs. NFL Players: Isn't It Always the Players' Fault? Roger I. Abrams 2011
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Since the “You Lie” incident from that inbred nobody from S.C. all these self-absorbed, egotistical, prima donnas think there is a camera specifically trained on them to record their every twitch, tic and mumble.
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Sure, some make big paydays and can become prima donnas, cruising around in $100,000-plus luxury sedans, wearing $2,000 garments, which only adds to people's already existing disdain.
Nick Segal: Is Your Realtor the Enemy? Nick Segal 2011
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Nonetheless, the fans were convinced the players were just overpaid prima donnas.
Roger I. Abrams: NFL Owners vs. NFL Players: Isn't It Always the Players' Fault? Roger I. Abrams 2011
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By sponsoring youth orchestras, new music, alternative programming, competitions and festivals and playing handmaiden to prima donnas from all points.
Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: The Carnegie Hall Youthquake Patricia Zohn 2010
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The Senate consists of 100 people of which a significant minority is prima donnas.
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Surrounded by car bonnets, an old river buoy and a cement mixer, percussion designer Paul Jefferies was fiddling with an sheet of x-ray film that now formed the head of a tambourine: "I mean, Charlie and the players are prima donnas," he said.
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Pelosi has delivered a lot of legislation that has been passed by the House with a lot less problems than the Senate prima donnas.
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