Sentence examples for of their nicknames from inspiring English sources

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In the picture from 1967, my mother is wearing a wooden barrel and, seemingly, nothing else — a visual play on one of their nicknames for her, Carol Barrel.

When Ishiguro noted the possible confusion of their nicknames, Phillips was quick to add, "I'm confused we're both dressed the same way".

Another of their nicknames in "The Binners" stemming from an episode of Lovejoy in which a malevolent refuse worker is seen wearing an Ipswich Town cap.

Only Undies is obviously serving a need, uniting kids from all over the world in their love of grindcore, tattoos, and putting "x" at the start and end of their nicknames.

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The Rays this season took the Devil out of their nickname and redesigned their uniforms.

The Renegade Warriors, one of 10 volunteer fire departments in the city, have long aspired to move from their cramped, rickety building on a narrow road to a larger, modern place more worthy of their nickname.

As cliched as it seems, using their full name instead of their nickname is very effective.

But on the streets of Flushing, Queens, where federal prosecutors say the men and others committed numerous crimes of violence, their nicknames alone could stoke fear of a machete attack, a stabbing, a baseball bat beating, all done in the name of their street gang, La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13.

IF CANADA's ruling Liberals are once again living up to their nickname of "perpetual governing party", that has less to do with the qualities of Jean Chrétien's government than with the shambolic state of the right-wing opposition.

According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and court records, Monster Cable has gone after several other notable monsters, including The Walt Disney Co. for its hit film "Monsters, Inc.," Bally Gaming for its Monster slots, the Chicago Bears for their nickname "Monsters of the Midway" and even Fenway Park for using the "green monster" wall.

According to the photographers, the studio name was simply a combination of their childhood nicknames: Grete Stern was called Ringl and Ellen Rosenberg was called Pit.

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