absey


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absey

(ˈæbsɪ)
n
obsolete another name for ABC1
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The Harry Potter superfan, who has a tattoo of Hermione Granger's wand on his forearm, made it clear he was worried about Adam, branding him "Absey McGee" and telling the other Islanders "you can never trust someone with abs like that".
Niall's last 'traumatic' 24 hours in Love Island villa before 'suddenly falling ill'; Concerned show bosses made a mutual decision with the Islander to remove him from the show for 'health reasons'
Absey, senior managing director, global head of insurance business development at AllianceBernstein.
"There's a special level of expertise that is required for analyzing private placements relative to public bonds," Absey said.
With overall corporate credit by some measures showing signs of weakening, Absey said a case can be made that investments in private placements offer some protection against credit deterioration.
A private alternative: insurers are increasing investments in the private placement credit market, but the level of scrutiny involved often puts small insurers at a disadvantage
Wendy Barker, Poems' Progress, Absey and Co., 2002.
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This, indeed, is excellent game when an actor/character goes out of his way to stage a one-man show, using as his dialogic agents Question and Answer to catechize, as in an "Absey book" on social difference, the elementary principles of upward mobility and haughty condescension.
Mingling Vice and "Worthiness" in King John
We must be told) - was branded by Niall as "Absey McGee", which might just be our favouriteLove Islandnickname since time began.
Pick-axe owner Niall reckons Absey McGee might be stealing his girl
Love Island recap episode 1: Niall and Adam serve up warm beef, while Jack's teeth are bright enough to light the entire villa; From Dani's forbidden banana chat to Hayley not knowing what superficial means, here are the best bits from Monday's episode
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