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Puck
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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Puck another name for
Robin Goodfellow; more generally (from the Old English period), puck meant a mischievous and evil sprite. The use of the name for one particular spirit seems to derive from the character in Shakespeare's
Midsummer Night's Dream (1600), and has been reinforced by Kipling's
Puck of Pook's Hill (1906).
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THE PUCK STOPS HERE
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...game pucks to souvenir pucks. The term "game" refers to a puck that is identical to...be purchased through puck dealers or on eBay. New pucks will normally sell for...the "official game puck" designation on game pucks. Souvenir pucks, on...
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Puck's second coming.(restaurateur Wolfgang Puck)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Magazine; 4/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...I don't want to be bored." Wolfgang Puck--the seasoned subject of dozens upon...to be a billboard." After all, chef Puck, in the expansive middle of his life at...Your car radio provides the soundtrack: Puck's plummy commercial voice is unexpectedly...
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Puck struggles to find the right recipe.(celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...supermarket products, celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck is refocusing much of his business towards...growth will center on the chain of Wolfgang Puck Express Cafes, an upscale fast-food...made-to-order food cafeteria style. Puck said his company has signed enough franchise...
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Puck's earliest investors get steamed as chef remakes menu of companies.
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; When Wolfgang Puck started building his epicurean empire two...important ingredients were money and Wolfgang Puck. The recipe has created quite a stew...array of businesses, the licensing of the Puck name and the sale of assets. Puck's...
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Puck, the wild goat king.(Short story)
Magazine article from: Hopscotch; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Puck was just an ordinary wild mountain goat. All day, he lazily munched...trekked up the mountainside. They were searching for a goat to become King Puck, King of the Puck Fair, held in Killorglin, Ireland every August 10-12. "We look...
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THE PUCK STOPS AT KILLORGLIN FAIR.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/15/1999; 700+ words
; ...days, there will be no Puck Fair 1999. So Joy has...group of 12 or so with four pucks under Mount Ross, and...true'' origins of Puck Fair, always held in August...say, 'It'll be five Pucks next Puck.' '' The fair starts...
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Wolfgang Puck Cafes, Kendall-Jackson Offer Exclusive California Wines.
Business Wire; 3/12/2002; 700+ words
; ...Chardonnay; Unique Blends Offered Only at Wolfgang Puck Cafes Master Chef Wolfgang Puck redefined American cooking. Kendall-Jackson Winery...exciting new wines created exclusively for the Wolfgang Puck Cafes, which feature Puck's outstanding, innovative...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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PUCK STOPS IN ASPEN CULINARY GURU MEETS THE FAITHFUL AT FOOD & WINE FEST.(Food / Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/10/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS ASPEN -- Wolfgang Puck is feeling, in a word, puckish. The...I always cook something fun,'' Puck said. ``To me, the most important thing...house will smell like the cooking.'' Puck, who left Europe in 1973 at the age of...
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Wolfgang Puck believes good food should be stimulating and comforting.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/8/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...really great ingredients . . . " Wolfgang Puck says, pausing for effect, "there's...add to a dish, the better it will be." Puck should know. He has trained hundreds of...that the era of formal dining was over, Puck and his wife and business partner, Barbara...
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Wolfgang Puck Worldwide Inc. Created to Manage Global Brand Strategy.
Business Wire; 5/15/2001; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2001 Wolfgang Puck, one of America's leading chefs and...the formation of a new company, Wolfgang Puck Worldwide Inc. (WPW), to manage global...opportunities planned as part of the Wolfgang Puck global expansion. WPW will also work closely...
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Hockey Puck
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Hockey Puck Background Hockey pucks are flat, solid, black...something to grip when the puck is shot. The blue pucks used in junior hockey...same as NHL regulation pucks, they cost much more to make. Each puck had a value of about...
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Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. 1250 4th Street, Suite...Service Restaurants; 722320 Caterers Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc., brings the trademark...the United States in the 1970s, Wolfgang Puck has become one of the wealthiest and possibly...
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The Wolfgang Puck Food Company, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
The Wolfgang Puck Food Company, Inc. 1333 Second St. Santa...Eating & Drinking Places The Wolfgang Puck Food Company, Inc. brings the trademark...the United States in the 1970s, Wolfgang Puck has become one of the wealthiest and possibly...
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Puck
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
Puck / pək / • n. another name for Robin Goodfellow . ∎ ( puck ) a mischievous or evil sprite. DERIVATIVES: puck·like / -ˌlīk / adj.
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puck
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
puck , in Germanic folklore, generic name for various malevolent spirits. The medieval English pouke was often identified with the devil. However, the Puck of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a mischievous but friendly fairy.
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