Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word lawner.
Examples
-
September 24, 2008 at 12:40 am soooo… hims a gawner adn da ladehz a lawner?
Dis man - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
-
Nope, da ladehz nawt a lawner, her can haz da kitteh!
Dis man - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
-
Just had a very fast set of lawner with young Kentish.
The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998
BrainyBabe commented on the word lawner
From Evelyn Waugh's ''A Handful of Dust''. A hunt meeting hosted on the lawn of someone's home, complete with stirrup cup. Colloquial speech.
December 22, 2008
yarb commented on the word lawner
That's my favourite Waugh novel, and perhaps the best ending to any novel.
December 23, 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the word lawner
You do know that he wrote at least two endings -- the edition I have just returned to the library had a bleak one and a less bleak one. Both bitingly funny. (Although I like the cannabalistic end to the aviatrix in his Ethiopian-inspired novel.)
December 23, 2008
yarb commented on the word lawner
Yeah, I'd heard about the less-bleak one but I've never read it. It's the Dickens monomania that clinches it for me - a true vision of hell.
I've also not read "Black Mischief". It's on my list, though.
December 23, 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the word lawner
Do you know how this place works? For example, how could I find any existing Waugh lexicon lists?
December 23, 2008
yarb commented on the word lawner
The best way of doing that is to click on "more searches" in the top-right corner of your screen, and search for "waugh" in lists and comments. If no lists show up with "waugh" in the title or description, then you might find such a list by looking at comments with "waugh" in them, and tracing through to the attendant list.
But I've just looked and there don't seem to be any Waugh-specific lists as yet - so go ahead and change that!
December 23, 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the word lawner
OK, thank you for the tip. Hope you will join in with the Waugh list!
December 23, 2008
bilby commented on the word lawner
BRAINYBABE DECLARES WAUGH ON WORDIE!
December 23, 2008