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Noun. See 'give the spanish archer'.
Spanish archer is British slang for a rejection or dismissal.
(acr.) (phrase) One of four disciplines that includes the following classes: Gladiator, Marauder, Pugilist, Archer and Lancer and their respective jobs.
Noun. £2000. From the amount of money given by Jeffrey Archer to a prostitute (Monica Coughlan) to enable her to leave the country, and in order to buy her silence over services rendered. Jeffrey Archer, ex-member of Parliament and best selling author, served a prison sentence for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
two thousand pounds (£2,000), late 20th century, from the Jeffrey Archer court case in which he was alleged to have bribed call-girl Monica Coughlan with this amount.
A knot which forms a permanent loop in a rope. It is one of the strongest knots known to any sailor. Was originally a special knot use by archers for securing their bowstrings.
The Spanish archer is British slang for a rejection.
give someone the Spanish archer
Vrb phrs. To dismiss, to sack. A pun on the 'Spanish archer' being called El Bow, thus 'give someone the elbow' (dismiss someone). E.g."I found out she was having it away with the milkman, so I gave her the old spanish archer."
 To tell extravagant stories, to exaggerate overmuch; same as “throw the hatchet.†From the extremely wonderful stories which used to be told of the Norman archers, and more subsequently of Indians’ skill with the tomahawk.
Archer is British slang for Å“ (The amount paid to the prostitute Monica Coughlan by JeffreyArcher the author and Conservative politician).
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recreational activity. A person who practices archery is typically called an archer, bowman, or toxophilite. The oldest known evidence of the bow and arrow
The Archers is a British radio soap opera currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word channel. Broadcast since 1951, it was
Jofra Chioke Archer (born 1 April 1995) is a Barbadian-English cricketer who represents England in international cricket. He is a right-arm fast bowler
Jack Archer is a British-Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Jamie Marshbrook in The Bay, Michael Leeks in Call The Midwife and Provence in Marie
up Archer or archer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An archer is a person who practices archery, using a bow to shoot arrows. Archer or Archers may
Devon Archer (born 1974/1975) is an American businessman and entrepreneur who was a venture capital and private-equity fund investor. He was a founding
William or Bill Archer may refer to: William Archer (British politician) (1677–1739), British politician William S. Archer (1789–1855), U.S. Senator and
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English novelist and former politician. He was Member of Parliament
Archer (born 9 December 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Premier League club Southampton. Archer
Anne Archer (born August 24, 1947) is an American actress. Archer was named Miss Golden Globe in 1971, and in the year following, appeared in her feature-film
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A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae).
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A female archer.
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The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.
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Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery.
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The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door.
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The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer.
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Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
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Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four.
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One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.
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The art or skill of an archer.
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A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See Archer fish.
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A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it.
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The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
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A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer.
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Archers, or bowmen, collectively.
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A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.
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A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric.
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A lover of archery; one devoted to archery.
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A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.
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