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How condescendingly they had spoken of the home which we, the good, prepare for you, the bad, and what namby-pambyness there was, after all, in that sentiment which all of them had voiced -- and now you must pay us back by being good!
Lifted Masks; stories Susan Glaspell 1915
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How condescendingly they had spoken of the home which we, the good, prepare for you, the bad, and what namby-pambyness there was, after all, in that sentiment which all of them had voiced -- and now you must pay us back by being good!
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How condescendingly they had spoken of the home which we, the good, prepare for you, the bad, and what namby-pambyness there was, after all, in that sentiment which all of them had voiced — and now you must pay us back by being good!
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"Ah, I remember well, and how can I," shows the sweetness without namby-pambyness which Daniel had at constant command.
A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889
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national identity time the namby-pambyness stopped
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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With all the liberal media elite East Coast namby-pambyness out there in America's movie theaters (see: Transformers 2), it's about time someone took a stand and told the world's overweight and lonely females that it's perfectly ok to be polite to shirtless minorities who are trying to help you, because you can easily ignore them when an unpredictably violent on-again-off-again brooding white man shows up in your life whenever he feels like it and puts your life in immediate danger!
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