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  • If HBO stinge out on costs because they have alot going on, even a great story can be destroyed by terrible visual effects or bad costume/set design

    Is there room for three great dramas at HBO? 2009

  • -- Observe _z_ and _v_ for initial _s_ and _f_; _harnet_, hornet; _bittle_, beetle; _zet_, sat; _proper_, very; _twoad_, toad, wretch; _a_, he; _stinge_, sting; _bagganet_, bayonet.

    English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873

  • Scorpion of the see is so named because wha {n} he is taken in any mannys handes he pricketh him w {i} t {h} his stinge of his tayle.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • We must sort out our own problems before worring about the rest of the world. dunno which i object to more, the self-righteous 'give more' from the millionaire likes of bob, chris martin, boner and stinge ... (note that none of these has made a decent record in the last couple of decades ... correction, three of them have never released a decent record)

    British Blogs The Guardian World News 2010

  • Inside the business I am not known for being a stinge, for sure.

    KINGBLIND: Music, Art & Entertainment mblind 2010

  • No stinge of Lane Kiffin left here. twit4luv I love this Lane Kiffin mess yahooinc Hot in search: #Haiti earthquake aid, Lane Kiffin new

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • Against deaths stinge, which he must shortlie feele.

    A Discourse of Life and Death, by Mornay; and Antonius by Garnier Robert Garnier 1591

  • Please note that as much as you would like your wantan to be filled with the fillings but seriously you'll need to stinge a bit.

    Babe in the City - KL 2009

  • It's their joke on America, so readily throw away billions of U.S. tax dollars to dispose of Saddam Hussein for Iragi people, but stinge when it comes to health care for the American citizens!

    AroundTheCapitol.com 2009

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