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carbuncle
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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car·bun·cle
/ ˈkärˌbəngkəl/
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n.
1.
a severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin, typically infected with staphylococcus bacteria.
2.
a bright red gem, in particular a garnet cut en cabochon.
DERIVATIVES:
car·bun·cu·lar
/ kärˈbəngkyələr/ adj.
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Judges put squeeze on plooks and carbuncles
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 9/23/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...buildings put forward for a Carbuncle are the hospital in Hairmyres...that can't be counted." Carbuncle judging panel member and PR...can post nominations on the Carbuncles website, at www.thecarbuncles...Exchange in Edinburgh. The Carbuncle for the most disappointing...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Carbuncle cup awarded to centre
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 10/20/2006; 685 words
; ...scathing national architectural award - the Carbuncle Cup. The Drake Circus shopping centre...Business Council, believes the award of the Carbuncle Cup could actually benefit the city...look at it everybody - this has won the Carbuncle Cup. Make your own mind up and we will...
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Shot down by the Man from Carbuncle
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...celebrate clinching a Carbuncle award. Of course...Scotland in the 2009 Carbuncles Awards, having been...ever one loser in the Carbuncle debacle: the community...compare notes on their carbuncles, plooks, boils...mission for the Men from Carbuncle.
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Concrete and carbuncles
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 6/14/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...glass stumps and monstrous carbuncles, remains as valid today...years dead. The original 'carbuncle', the National Gallery extension...the Fields and to fit in. 'Carbuncle' was a clever metaphor to...at tu quoque by nominating carbuncles from the other side's shot...
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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'Um, er... yes monstrous carbuncles, I do declare' OUR KAIRDIFF KID.(News)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 2/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...being wrecked by "a rash of carbuncles" in the shape of towering...impression of just such a carbuncle, a towering apartment block...take the above-mentioned carbuncle as an example. Grey friars...to be replaced by, yes, a carbuncle. Our municipal vandals turned...
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Carbuncles set to name the ugliest of them all
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 11/21/2001; ; 408 words
; ...leading architectural expert. The annual Carbuncle Awards - which will today name and shame...Cumbernauld town centre and Gretna Green. The Carbuncles are organised by architecture critics...Street, Glasgow. A spokesman for The Carbuncle Awards said: "These awards have been...
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Contenders lined up for Plook on the Plinth award BUILDING: CARBUNCLES BUILDING: CARBUNCLES Architecture 'prize' for Coatbridge or Springfield Quay
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 11/25/2007; ; 657 words
; ...but the organisers of the Carbuncle Awards have already slated...Scotland magazine, said: "The Carbuncle Awards are not an insult to...s dismal." Two-time Carbuncle winner Cumbernauld was previously...architecturescotland. co. uk/ carbuncles Details of the contenders...
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 "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)")
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Is this really Britain's ugliest new build? Shock as ferry terminal wins carbuncle award.
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 8/28/2009; 700+ words
; ...award. Unfortunately, the prize is the Carbuncle Cup for the country's ugliest new building...Amanda Baillieu said: "It was given the Carbuncle Cup as much for where it is, as for...two." Organisers said this year's Carbuncle Cup had seen a record number of public...
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 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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QLD: Sam Newman likened to carbuncle on arse end of humanity
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 7/18/1999; 559 words
; ...18-1999 QLD: Sam Newman likened to carbuncle on arse end of humanity By Ainsley Pavey...personality Sam Newman has been likened to a "carbuncle on the arse end of humanity", according...his mishaps and has been compared to a carbuncle on the arse end of humanity in the Journal...
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Should this really win Plook on the Plinth? Bid to save Coatbridge from 'carbuncle' slur
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 10/23/2007; ; 618 words
; ...being named as Scotland's latest 'carbuncle town'. The former mining town in Lanarkshire...going for it and didn't deserve the carbuncle label. Councillor Thomas Maginnis...don't think it's fair to call it a carbuncle town. "There are a lot worse places...
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carbuncle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
carbuncle acute inflammatory nodule of the skin caused by bacterial invasion into...one focus of infection, i.e., involves several follicles or ducts. Carbuncles occur more often in men because of their more extensive body hair growth...
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Carbuncle
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Carbuncle In ancient belief this stone was supposed to give out a natural light...any other gem applied to it, but imparts its own. The virtue of the carbuncle was said to be its power to drive away poisonous air, repress luxury...
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Boils
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...Definition Boils and carbuncles are bacterial infections...called furuncles. A carbuncle is formed when several...Description Boils and carbuncles are firm reddish swellings...central core of pus; a carbuncle is larger and has several...and upper torso. Carbuncles are less common than...
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Abscesses
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...groin, buttocks, and thighs. Carbuncles are larger areas of skin infection...Men are more likely to develop carbuncles than are women. Fever and a...illness are often associated with carbuncles. A carbuncle is a deep-seated infection...
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Balasius
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...placidus or pleasant. Some think it is the carbuncle diminished in its color and virtue...appears a balasius, and the internal a carbuncle, from whence comes the saying that the balasius is the carbuncle's house. The virtue of the balasius...
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