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- proper noun A Northern
English surname thought to be anoccupational name for aherdsman orslaughterer .
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Examples
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Probably there are as many theories about the origins of "OK" as there are theorists to expound them, but Allan Metcalf is satisfied that he knows the only one that really holds water.
Linguistically, America is A-OK Jonathan Yardley 2010
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A taste: “… Metcalf is much better at identifying symptoms than diagnosing the underlying illness, and he is no good at all at prescribing a cure – his beloved “aesthetic approach” to literature being just as likely to lead to empty, middlebrow doily-making as to James Joyce.”
On Negative Book Reviewing: Audio Interview with John Metcalf 2009
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Probably there are as many theories about the origins of "OK" as there are theorists to expound them, but Allan Metcalf is satisfied that he knows the only one that really holds water.
Linguistically, America is A-OK Jonathan Yardley 2010
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Metcalf is second on the team in kills, and Logan Tom is considered one of the best left-side hitters in the world.
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George Metcalf is at one and the same time an enthusiast and a dedicated man.
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John Metcalf is best known as a writer/editor who has worked with many of Canada’s foremost short story writers including Michael Winter, Terry Griggs, Steven Heighton, and Caroline Adderson.
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John Metcalf is not the only one who has questioned the capabilities of Canada’s ‘best’ authors.
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Among his fans, Metcalf is known for his bracing, tough-minded and strongly worded criticism, as in his complaint about Morley Callaghan’s “stumblebum writing.”
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John Metcalf is best known as a writer/editor who has worked with many of Canada’s foremost short story writers including Michael Winter, Terry Griggs, Steven Heighton, and Caroline Adderson.
On Book Collecting. Audio Interview with John Metcalf by Nigel Beale 2009
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John Metcalf is not the only one who has questioned the capabilities of Canada’s ‘best’ authors.
‘It’s a very bad book indeed: stilted, joyless and without insight’ 2009
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