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- noun Alternative spelling of
want-away . - adjective Alternative spelling of
want-away .
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Examples
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It is sadly not on record whether the chap in question described himself routinely as "wantaway", or used the styling canoodle in favour of kiss.
Gold-plated failure gives England no escape from the boo-boys 2010
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Of course, sports hacks have killed off many more words than footballers in their time, a crime not excused by their half-arsed attempts to replenish the pot by making up witless new ones, like "wantaway" and "boo-boys".
Why John Terry has done his 'fronting up' for the last time | Marina Hyde 2011
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All have experience coaching teams with bloated wage bills, wantaway stars and have never seemed to win anything despite being quite popular.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger intends to resolve the futures of wantaway captain Cesc Fabregas and contract rebel Samir Nasri "very quickly".
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The club have named 27 players in their squad for the matches against an Airtricity League XI and Inter Milan - coincidentally the club now being linked with a move for wantaway Carlos Tevez, the man Aguero has been brought in to replace.
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City's wantaway talisman has been linked persistently with Inter but Mancini insists there has been no approach and the Argentinian will return to normal training next week.
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Cesc Fabregas looks set for his first Arsenal pre-season appearance in Saturday's final friendly against Benfica, but it remains to be seen whether the wantaway Spain midfielder will feature in the Champions League play-off against Udinese.
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Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has revealed he would not hesitate to sign Manchester City's wantaway striker Carlos Tevez.
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Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala are set to sign wantaway Chelsea midfielder Yury Zhirkov for £13.2 million.
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Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala are set to sign wantaway Chelsea midfielder Yury Zhirkov for £13.2 million.
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