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pid·dle
/ ˈpidl/ inf.
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v. [intr.]
urinate.
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n. [in sing.]
an act of urinating.
∎
urine.
PHRASAL VERBS:
piddle around
(or about)
spend time in trifling activities:
I piddled around the house all day.
DERIVATIVES:
pid·dler
n.
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Kathleen Battle: Battling ice and frigid air to hear
Newspaper article from: Baltimore Afro-American; 1/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...American 01-22-1994 Kathleen Battle: Battling ice and frigid...partake of operatic soprano Kathleen Battle's performance...presenting artists such as Battle who add yet another cultural...Canary Islands for the Kathleen Battle concert. He then...
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Kathleen Battle...and when she was good...
Newspaper article from: Tri-State Defender; 6/25/1997; 700+ words
; Tri-State Defender 06-25-1997 Kathleen Battle.... and when she was good... I was such an...was bad, she was horrid!!". Opera mega-star Kathleen Battle, has been portrayed for much of her professional...
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Kathleen Battle: opera diva sings jazz style songs on 'So Many Stars' album.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Jet; 12/11/1995; 700+ words
; Superstar lyric soprano Kathleen Battle joins forces with some of jazz music...the unexpected-from me," Ms. Battle said. "For many years I have wanted...Grover Washington Jr. described Kathleen Battle's music as "heartfelt...
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KATHLEEN BATTLE ON GMA
Transcript from: ABC Good Morning America; 12/24/1997; ; 323 words
; ...this Christmas season. Hiya. KATHLEEN BATTLE, Soprano: Good morning, Charles...Good to have you back here. KATHLEEN BATTLE: Nice to be here. CHARLES...the voice of Grammy Award winner Kathleen Battle. We have been honored to...
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Kathleen Battle sang with exquisite beauty
Newspaper article from: Chicago Defender; 4/17/2001; ; 698 words
; Kathleen Battle sang with exquisite beauty Soprano Kathleen Battle's recital at Orchestra Hall of the Symphony Center recently sparkled...full confidence. Article Copyright Sengstacke Enterprises, Inc. Photo (Kathleen Battle)
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A too-brief glimpse of the real Kathleen Battle
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/17/1994; ; 700+ words
; KATHLEEN BATTLE, soprano, with MARGO GARRETT, piano...fullest expression of human experience. Kathleen Battle, like Kiri Te Kanawa, has built...just a vehicle for a diva; the real Kathleen Battle stood up, and it was wonderful to be...
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Conductor sings soprano's praises: ; Conlin predicts Kathleen Battle will work magic
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 9/14/2000; ; 700+ words
; DAILY MAIL STAFF WHEN Kathleen Battle walks onto the stage of the Municipal...instant rapport with the audience. "Kathleen Battle is one of the great artists...gave her his greatest compliment. "Kathleen Battle is on my short list of great...
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PRIMA DONNA Kathleen Battle has 3 hit CDs, makes $40,000 a night and enjoys worldwide fame. So why does she behave so badly?
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/7/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...America's sweetheart soprano Kathleen Battle walked out of the Metropolitan...satisfaction. Volpe chose not to, and Battle walked -- in polite, official...unpleasant stories circulate about Kathleen Battle than about any other current...
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Wynton Marsalis, Kathleen Battle merge spirituals and jazz
Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News; 10/14/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...York Amsterdam News 10-14-1995 Wynton Marsalis, Kathleen Battle merge spirituals and jazz. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis might have conceded to having lyric soprano Kathleen Battle dominate his house at Lincoln Center. Marsalis...
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Kathleen Battle was fabulously awesome in concert
Newspaper article from: Chicago Defender; 6/20/2000; ; 665 words
; Kathleen Battle was fabulously awesome in concert Regardless...anticipation of a wonderful musical evening with Kathleen Battle as soloist for Grant Park Music Summer...Copyright Sengstacke Enterprises, Inc. Photo (Kathleen Battle)
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Kathleen Battle
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Kathleen Battle American soprano Kathleen Battle (born 1948) divided her career between the opera and...to operatic ing é nue roles. Lyric coloratura soprano Kathleen Battle was born on August 13, 1948, in Portsmouth, Ohio...
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Battle, Kathleen
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
KATHLEEN BATTLE Born: Portsmouth, Ohio...Baroque Duet (1992) Kathleen Battle emerged from humble...Television in the USA. Battle followed with a much anticipated...2002 she released Classic Kathleen Battle: A Portrait. This...
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Battle, Kathleen (Deanna)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Battle, Kathleen (Deanna) ( b Portsmouth, Ohio, 1948). Amer. soprano. Prof. début Spoleto Fest. 1972 ( Brahms's Requiem ). Opera début, Detroit 1975; NY Met 1978; Glyndebourne 1979; Salzburg 1982; CG 1985.
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Wagoner, Rick 1953–
Book article from: International Directory of Business Biographies
...MBA, 1977. Family: Married Kathleen "Kathy" Kaylor, 1979; children...locked in a no-holds-barred battle with the rest of the worldwide...January 8, 2004). AN UPHILL BATTLE Although GM held 15.2 percent...While at college, Wagoner met Kathleen Kaylor, who was two years...
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Williams, Denise 1958–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...after African-American soprano Kathleen Battle, who became an important mentor...Price, and Barbara Hendricks, and Battle and [Jessye] Norman —...Nathaniel Dett Chorale, soloist with Kathleen Battle, 1999; Toronto Symphony...
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