Great quantity
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| - | <tr><td width="*" align="left" valign="top">'''great quantity''' ''n.'' '''1.''' An unsmall or excessive amount. '''2.''' A poor but common substitute for lack of quality. '''3.''' The proper amount of [[beer]]. | + | <tr><td width="*" align="left" valign="top">'''great quantity''' ''n.'' '''1.''' An unsmall, excessive, or fabulous amount; the amount desired. '''2.''' A poor but common substitute for lack of quality. '''3.''' The proper amount of [[beer]]. |
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| - | "Public displays of excess are most common among more fringe elements of society where great quantities are widely popular amoung gluttons (food, sex, drink, etc.), warmongers (shock 'n' awe, etc.), and those testing the limits (artists, outlaws, etc.). But behind closed doors, even the crustiest stalwarts of the gentile upper-crust shed their self-control. Here we find the [[The Cross|cross]]roads where kings and bikers collide, the stately King Solomon and the mighty Sonny Barger: drinkers, fighters, and lovers... Here we perhaps catch a glimpse into the dark [[alcove]] where the psychologist burrows, digging into the fertile and lusty dreams locked away in [[unopened head]]s attached to zombian [[poob]]s. [[Guvernor Morris]] certainly made no excuses for his excessively libel trysts in bedrooms of the movers and shakers..." -- from the dust jacket introduction to... | + | "Public displays of excess are most common among more fringe elements of society where great quantities are widely popular amoung gluttons, poets, junkies, gamblers, joggers, warmongers, seers, outlaws and others testing the limits. But behind closed doors, even the crustiest stalwarts of the gentile upper-caste shed their self-control. Here we find the [[The Cross|cross]]roads where kings and bikers collide, the stately King Solomon and the mighty Sonny Barger: drinkers, fighters, and lovers... Here we perhaps catch a glimpse into the dark [[alcove]] where the psychologist burrows, digging into the fertile and lusty dreams locked away in [[unopened head]]s attached to zombian [[poob]]s. [[Guvernor Morris]] certainly made no excuses for his excessively libel trysts in bedrooms of the movers and shakers..." -- from the dust jacket introduction to... |
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great quantity n. 1. An unsmall, excessive, or fabulous amount; the amount desired. 2. A poor but common substitute for lack of quality. 3. The proper amount of beer.
Non Canonical Text"Public displays of excess are most common among more fringe elements of society where great quantities are widely popular amoung gluttons, poets, junkies, gamblers, joggers, warmongers, seers, outlaws and others testing the limits. But behind closed doors, even the crustiest stalwarts of the gentile upper-caste shed their self-control. Here we find the crossroads where kings and bikers collide, the stately King Solomon and the mighty Sonny Barger: drinkers, fighters, and lovers... Here we perhaps catch a glimpse into the dark alcove where the psychologist burrows, digging into the fertile and lusty dreams locked away in unopened heads attached to zombian poobs. Guvernor Morris certainly made no excuses for his excessively libel trysts in bedrooms of the movers and shakers..." -- from the dust jacket introduction to... See Also |
DesiderataIn his later years, Dewey Rose often downed a pint of Irish whiskey before handling explosives. Ironically, it was the cigs that did him in. Nevid Kessar's family comprises nearly half the population of the small Iowan county they call home. |
