Difference between revisions of "With his woolseley side in"
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| − | * '''''Brian O’Linn'':''' | + | * '''''Brian O’Linn'':''' “With the skinny side out and the woolly side in” → from the Irish song about a character who always makes the best of the bad situations in which he finds himself |
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* '''Wellesley:''' Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington → Battle of Waterloo | * '''Wellesley:''' Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington → Battle of Waterloo | ||
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* '''Cardinal Wolsey:''' Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, a powerful statesman during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII | * '''Cardinal Wolsey:''' Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, a powerful statesman during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII | ||
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* '''Wolseley:''' a British automobile manufacturer | * '''Wolseley:''' a British automobile manufacturer | ||
* '''Viscount Wolseley:''' Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, a Dublin-born British Field Marshal, who is parodied as Major-General Stanley ("the very model of a modern Major-General") in Gilbert & Sullivan's Savoy opera ''The Pirates of Penzance'' | * '''Viscount Wolseley:''' Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, a Dublin-born British Field Marshal, who is parodied as Major-General Stanley ("the very model of a modern Major-General") in Gilbert & Sullivan's Savoy opera ''The Pirates of Penzance'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:29, 19 January 2014
- Brian O’Linn: “With the skinny side out and the woolly side in” → from the Irish song about a character who always makes the best of the bad situations in which he finds himself
- Wellesley: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington → Battle of Waterloo
- Cardinal Wolsey: Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, a powerful statesman during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII
- Wolseley: a British automobile manufacturer
- Viscount Wolseley: Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, a Dublin-born British Field Marshal, who is parodied as Major-General Stanley ("the very model of a modern Major-General") in Gilbert & Sullivan's Savoy opera The Pirates of Penzance
