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Meldrew [ˈmɛldruː]

Informal a person, esp a middle-aged or elderly man, who is habitually peevish, pessimistic, and cynical; curmudgeon

[named after Victor Meldrew, curmudgeonly hero of the 1990s BBC television situation comedy One Foot in the Grave, written by David Renwick]

Meldrewish adj

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No references found			Byline: CHRIS HUGHES A SOLDIER killed in Afghanistan by a Taliban bomb at the weekend was affectionately dubbed Victor Meldrew and was due to be married. A SHINING PROSPECT by The Mirror (London, England) I AM glad to hear that the miserable cat from Rhyl dubbed Victor Meldrew has finally had the cause of his grumpiness removed - namely an air rifle pellet lodged in his leg. Cats... just what IS the point? by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Byline: EXCLUSIVE By NORMAN SILVESTER IT'S enough to leave telly grump Victor Meldrew incandescent with rage. I don't believe it, folks (Executive to spend pounds 300k to find out ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			melanous Melanterite Melanthiaceae Melanure melanuria Melanuric melaphyre Melasma Melasses Melassic Melastoma Melastoma malabathricum Melastomaceae Melastomaceous Melastomataceae melatonin Melba Melba sauce Melba toast Melbourne Melburnian Melchior Melchite Melchizedek meld Meldrew Meleager Meleagrididae meleagrine Meleagris Meleagris gallopavo melee melée mêlée Melekeok melena Melene Melenite Meles Meles meles Meletin Melezitose Melia Melia Azadirachta Melia azedarach Melia azederach Meliaceae meliaceous Melibean melic Melic grass			Melchizedek Cloister Emerald Order Melchizedekian Melchizedekian Melchoir Melchoir Melco Melco Mobile Communications Europe SA Melco PBL Entertainment Ltd. MELCOE Melcombe Regis MELCOR MELCS meld meld meld meld MELDA MELDC Melde's experiment melded melded melded Meldewesen Online in Niedersachsen MELDI melding melding melding Melding of Spin-Locking Dipolar Recovery At the Magic Angle Meldingssystem for Smittsomme Sykdommer Meldpunt Opbrekingen Openbare Ruimte Meldrew melds melds melds Mele Mele Mele hula pahu Mele hula pahu Mele Kalikimaka Meleager Meleager Meleagrididae Meleagrididae Meleagrine Meleagris Meleagris gallopavo Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo Meleagris ocellata Meleagros Meleagros Melech Melech Melech ha-Malachim Melech Malchei ha-Melachim MELECON Meleda Disease melee melee Meleé Melée mèlée

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