Word: provinciale
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Tynan himself heedlessly outraced that luck. Affecting purple jackets and leopard-spot trousers, courting the social and cultural glitterati, restlessly glamour-traveling the world, he made it clear from the start that the critic's customary place as a dim lurker in the shadows was not for him. A bourgeoise...
The play does occasionally fall into the trap of exploiting stereotypes to get laughs. Owen is an ignorant, superstitious bigot, Charlie is an uptight Brit, and Betty is such a provincial naif, having never met a foreign-speaker before, that she shouts in Charlie's ear, as if increased volume...
Born in England and reared in New Zealand, Borrell began his journalism career "drawing weather maps and covering flower shows" for a provincial newspaper. An itch to see the world soon sent him off to Africa, where he spent eleven years winging around that vast continent, covering wars and revolutions...
If the Soviets had a taste of the outside world during the era of detente, it was meager fare compared with the highly seasoned feast the Chinese have come to enjoy. Sidewalk bookstalls in provincial Sichuan now offer readers the autobiography of Archcapitalist Lee Iacocca, selected writings of Sigmund Freud...
Canadian Provincial All-Star Jason Hall scored his second try of the game and converted a penalty kick to give McGill a 22-8 lcad.