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Examples
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But it would be bad di-plomacy to refuse this offer of aid.
Voyage To The City Of The Dead Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984
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Still, we're not advertisin 'our idees on the housetops, my friend; di-plomacy, says I an' all of us, is an ef-fectooal weapin 'in many cases, therefore I advocate that we perceed to di-plomate – kin' o 'play' roun a spell, an 'feel the t'other side.
Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest Pauline Elizabeth 1902
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In high di-plomacy, he's what in low di-plomacy wud be called a happy jollyer.
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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Di-plomacy is a continyual game iv duck on th 'rock -- with France th' duck.
Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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Di-plomacy has become a philanthropic pursoot like shop-keepin ', but politics, me lords, is still th' same ol 'spoort iv highway robb'ry.
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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In fact, quite the opposite: Weak-kneed, apologetic "Obama-plomacy" is already being exploited across the globe -- at great expense to our national security.
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While this conipletc view of the state of the principal Gallo»Spanish army was obtained, int«lH - gence of a description, not less important, oc - curred in a correspondence, by which, as usual, the French endeavoured to supply a want of mihtary unison and success by the efforts of military di - plomacy.
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The incidents which arose out of this conven - tion form so completely a matter of military di - plomacy, and are altogether so illustrative of its principles, that they will deserve a chapter to be ap - propriated to themselves, leaving the present. to be concluded with the circumstances which took place previous to the embarkation of the French troops.
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Bald Eagle Tired Of Everyone Just Assuming It Supports War Backpack Strategically Placed In Theft-Proof Corner Of Concert Hall Floor Saints, Colts Hoping To Resolve Super Bowl Through D.plomacy Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger 01.28.10
The Onion 2010
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Michael Vick Hopes Jail Is Like The Longest Yard Without All The Throwing Bald Eagle Tired Of Everyone Just Assuming It Supports War Backpack Strategically Placed In Theft-Proof Corner Of Concert Hall Floor Saints, Colts Hoping To Resolve Super Bowl Through D.plomacy Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger 01.28.10
The Onion 2010
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