Irish confetti
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irish confetti — n stones, rocks and other debris thrown during riots and demonstrations ► The Irish confetti was dancing off up raised shields and bouncing and rico cheting all around in the courtyard. (P. J. O Rourke, Holidays in Hell, 1988) … Contemporary slang
Irish confetti — noun Date: 1913 a rock or brick used as a missile … New Collegiate Dictionary
Irish confetti — bricks; thrown bricks used in street fighting … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
irish confetti — noun Usage: usually capitalized I Etymology: so called from the tradition that Irishmen often throw bricks in a fight : a rock, brick, or fragment of rock or brick … Useful english dictionary
Belfast Confetti — is a poem about the aftermath of a IRA bomb by Irish poet and translator Ciaran Carson. The poem won the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Poetry. The name of the poem derives from the nickname for the screws, bolts, and nails that were… … Wikipedia
George L. Cobb — Nom George Linus Cobb Naissance 31 mai 1886 Mexico, New York Pays d’origine … Wikipédia en Français
bolt — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Irish confetti, Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, abscond, absence without leave, absquatulate, absquatulation, apostacize, apostasy, apostatize, arrow, arrowhead, articulate, assort, attach, backsliding, bale … Moby Thesaurus
boomerang — Synonyms and related words: Irish confetti, backfire, backlash, backlashing, bola, bolt, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, brickbat, cannon, cannon off, carom, comeback, contrecoup, counter, counterblast, counterblow, countermissile,… … Moby Thesaurus
brickbat — Synonyms and related words: Irish confetti, affront, aspersion, atrocity, bola, bolt, boomerang, contempt, contumely, countermissile, cut, despite, dump, enormity, flout, flouting, gibe, humiliation, indignity, injury, insult, jeer, jeering,… … Moby Thesaurus
missile — Synonyms and related words: AA target rocket, ABM, ASM, ATS, Asp, Asroc, Atlas, Atlas Agena, Atlas Centaur, Bullpup, Cajun, Corporal, Corvus, Crossbow, Dart, Deacon, Delta, Diamant, Dove, Falcon, Firebee, Genie, Hawk, Holy Moses, Hound Dog, ICBM … Moby Thesaurus
