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Sources indicate that he is becoming even more shevelled & couth, while our Glorious Leader continues in a the opposite directions.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Friday Writing Blog: Preparation, planning and where ideas come from. 2009
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The headland staves the southern storm, sand-hills shevelled with long rush disarm the western fury, while inland gales from north and east leap into the clouds from the uplands.
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
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Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The headland staves the southern storm, sand-hills shevelled with long rush disarm the western fury, while inland gales from north and east leap into the clouds from the uplands.
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Dankworth's care over the shaping and presentation of his music led occasionally to complaints that it was clever, lightweight stuff, lacking the rough passion which many regarded as the mark of authentic jazz, a view summed up by the critic Kitty Grime in the much-quoted phrase "couth, kempt and shevelled".
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Dankworth's care over the shaping and presentation of his music led occasionally to complaints that it was clever, lightweight stuff, lacking the rough passion which many regarded as the mark of authentic jazz, a view summed up by the critic Kitty Grime in the much-quoted phrase "couth, kempt and shevelled".
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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