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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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hang hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no' steal when he's old expressing a cynical doubt in the possibilities of reformation; Scottish proverbial saying, early 19th century.
hang someone out to dry leave someone in a difficult or vulnerable situation (chiefly North American); the idea is of wet washing suspended from a washing-line, flapping in the wind.
See also
give a dog a bad name and hang him,
hang as high as Haman,
hanged,
hanging,
give a man rope enough and he will hang himself.
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LIDDELL BEGGED ROY NOT TO QUIT.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 2/12/2001; 700+ words
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McLeish and Liddell fail to smile for cameras at Glasgow talk-in; No old pals' act as Scots top two meet
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 1/27/2001; ; 550 words
; ...Scots Secretary Helen Liddell met Scottish First Minister Henry McLeish yesterday...the first since Mrs Liddell's appointment on...Mr McLeish and Mrs Liddell were staying silent...about his new role. George Foulkes (59) welcomed...
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Gamble on Liddell to save the Union.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 7/29/1998; 700+ words
; ...of Labour panic. Mrs Liddell will lead Labour's...remain in place but Mrs Liddell is coming in as No...and Devolution Minister Henry McLeish. Mr McLeish...take a role behind Mrs Liddell who has been installed...Development Minister George Foulkes in a couple of...
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HELEN EARTH; 'New girl' Liddell gives Salmond the devil of a roasting.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 1/31/2001; 700+ words
; ...With impeccable timing Liddell stepped up to the dispatch...a Westminster MP. In Liddell's first real test since...her and First Minister Henry McLeish over his decision...his move backfired as Liddell turned the spotlight...deputy Scottish Secretary George Foulkes was also welcomed...
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A job to treasure as the Liddell star starts to rise.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/5/1997; 700+ words
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Liddell has only faint praise for McLeish
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Will Blair bring on Liddell to give Dewar a fighting chance? LABOUR REORGANISE TO HEAD OFF SNP THREAT.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 7/6/1998; 700+ words
; ...Treasury Minister Helen Liddell is ready to move in to...Development Minister George Foulkes. The reshaping...the appointment of Mrs Liddell will be seen as a bolstering...Mr Blair moves in Mrs Liddell, it would hand the SNP...Ministers Brian Wilson and Henry McLeish and Armed Forces...
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POLAROID SLASHES QUARTER OF STAFF; Liddell husband faces the axe.(News)
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Day that Labour went into reverse; As the First Minister performs a spectacular U-turn on free care for the elderly, Labour stalwart Helen Liddell steps in to create order from chaos.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 1/26/2001; 700+ words
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THE QUEEN OF SPIN: A sick joke, by George.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 7/1/2001; 277 words
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Henry George Liddell
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Liddell, Henry George
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Liddell, Henry George (1811–96), lexicographer. He was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, from 1855 to 1891. The Greek Lexicon, on which he collaborated with R. Scott, appeared in a modest form in 1843. It has been repeatedly extended.
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Ferdinand Foch
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Conversations with the Marshal (trans. 1929). Leading biographies of the marshal are George Grey Aston, The Biography of the Late Marshal Foch (1929) and Basil Henry Liddell Hart, Foch, the Man of Orleans (1932). Another useful work is Cyril Bentham...
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Carroll, Lewis (1832–1898)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
...of Victorian men, such as John Ruskin and George MacDonald, who turned to girl-hood for...friendship with Lorina, Alice, and Edith Liddell, the eldest daughters of Henry George Liddell, the dean of Christ Church. Dodgson first...
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Carroll, Lewis
Book article from: Mathematics
...children's books that resulted from his efforts to entertain the children of the Dean of Christ Church, Henry George Liddell. One of Liddell's daughters, Alice, is immortalized as the heroine of one of the most popular children's books ever...
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