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He is a moth singed, that is all -- the trifler with women thought he was a wasp.

The Gilded Age, Part 5. Charles Dudley Warner 1864

He is a moth singed, that is all -- the trifler with women thought he was a wasp.

The Gilded Age A tale of today Charles Dudley Warner 1864

A bank spokesman said those initiatives have succeeded, and that investors shouldn't be surprised that SunTrust would be "singed" by the "firestorm" sweeping the market.

Tried-and-True SunTrust 2007

What an astounding and incredible thing that you should actually use the word "singed" in connexion with the word

The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1924

Though mind you, the word I had in my mind was not "singed", but "burning".

The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1924

It kind of singed is the best way to describe it. "

phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed 2010

Scorching heat, especially in Texas, singed many peanut plants as they developed, leaving more peanuts destined to be processed into oil, rather than the edible-quality that's shelled and turned into peanut butter.

Peanut-Butter Makers Face Crunch Paul Ziobro 2011

While the company's shareholders will likely be wiped out under the bankruptcy, the federal government—already singed by Solyndra LLC's bankruptcy—won't get burned by Energy Conversion Devices' filing.

Energy Conversion Devices Files for Chapter 11 Patrick Fitzgerald 2012

Africa Underground, themed to celebrate the Afro-Brazilian collaboration in the new exhibit "Artists in Dialogue 2," will give guests a chance to go after-hours and check out the site-specific singed canvases of South African artist Sandile Zulu and the wood "tapumes" of Brazil's Henrique Oliveira.

February arts preview: Paul Gauguin, Jem Cohen, Blinky Palermo Lavanya Ramanathan 2011

Everyone was soot-covered and singed, and the smoke swirled around them.

Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011