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Disdain is a bit strong for a guy that admittedly hangs out and shoots guns with those cloaked in white with pointy hats.
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= Mirabella =, “a maiden fair, clad in mourning weeds, upon a mangy jade unmeetly set, with a lewd fool called Disdain” (canto 6).
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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Sir Martin Frobisher came to him the next day, in a pinnace of the lord admiral called the Disdain, and brought her majestys letters of recal, with orders to leave the fleet under the command of Sir John Burrough and Sir Martin Frobisher.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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But Dante's "Disdain" is not confined to the winners in the cosmic dicing match.
Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions John Cowper Powys 1917
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Now that Utah fans have such "Disdain" for the lowly Mt. West Conference and ...
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Byron Williams: Constitutional Rights Despite "Disdain"
Byron Williams: Constitutional Rights Despite "Disdain" 2009
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Glorifying Ignorance: Disdain for factual knowledge is evident among those who say, in essence, that ignorance is good because it shows you're "one of the people" who know better than those "educated elites."
Douglas LaBier: The Psychology Behind the Right's Fear of the Future Douglas LaBier 2011
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Glorifying Ignorance: Disdain for factual knowledge is evident among those who say, in essence, that ignorance is good because it shows you're "one of the people" who know better than those "educated elites."
Douglas LaBier: The Psychology Behind the Right's Fear of the Future Douglas LaBier 2011
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Glorifying Ignorance: Disdain for factual knowledge is evident among those who say, in essence, that ignorance is good because it shows you're "one of the people" who know better than those "educated elites."
Douglas LaBier: The Psychology Behind the Right's Fear of the Future Douglas LaBier 2011
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Disdain toward Wall Street reached a peak in the wake of the financial crisis, and Goldman and Paulson in particular were singled out for profiting while many individuals lost homes and swathes of their personal savings.
Fight for Lehman's Remains Heats Up Matt Wirz 2011
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