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Awkwardness See also Ineptitude. Clouseau, Inspector Jacques bungling detective who inadvertently but always gets his man. [Am. Cinema: “The Pink Panther” in Halliwell, 565–566] lanky Yankee schoolmaster who loves Katrina. [Am. Lit.: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow] tall, uncouth, awkward fellow with large feet. [Br. Lit.: Vanity Fair] bumbling, awkward dog; originally named Dippy Dawg. [Comics: “Mickey Mouse” in Horn, 492] a penniless, stupid, and oafish poet. [Fr. Lit.: The Hunchback of Notre Dame] ungainly comic strip oaf with height of six foot three. [Comics: Horn, 450] simple-minded, clumsy giant; parasite of George. [Am. Lit.: Of Mice and Men] falls off his horse every time it stops. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The correlation between litigiousness and gracelessness is no accident. Pretty much every hoop the Iraqis were asked to jump through, they did--although they usually managed to do it with just enough gracelessness to keep alive all the suspicions harbored by even their best friends. And with that (pace Hemingway), a sort of gracelessness under pressure of grace which is the worrying tone of the book. |
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