It contains stories that have won readers polls, that have won foreign prizes, and a few that are just out-and-out hilarious. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Don Draper has become an out-and-out alcoholic and. From Wordnik.com. [A Transformative Year For Don Draper, Jon Hamm] Reference
Much of it is an out-and-out desert; all of it is arid. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
"Did he say, out-and-out, you'd taken it?" asked mother. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
But that doesn't prove him to be an out-and-out villain. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Some distilleries have resorted to out-and-out esoterica. From Wordnik.com. [Whiskey Business] Reference
I'll be an out-and-out born-again from none more cynical. From Wordnik.com. [Imogen Heap: Even The Kitchen Sink] Reference
"This looks like pure, out-and-out deception," Pryor said. From Wordnik.com. [Reagan's Cold War 'Sting'?] Reference
"You gave us an out-and-out invitation; didn't she, fellows?". From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats] Reference
Gegenbaur's morphological system was out-and-out evolutionary. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
And there was an out-and-out tractor with multiple attachments. From Wordnik.com. [Shepherd of the Planets] Reference
Did he approve of an out-and-out indorsement of the gold standard?. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
School, have told me out-and-out that you have not bought any goods. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
He has by no means been considered an out-and-out friend of England. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
In the worst cases, teachers or administrators are accused of out-and-out fraud. From Wordnik.com. [When Teachers Are Cheaters] Reference
I'll leave you with Shade and Honey, which sounds like an out-and-out love song. From Wordnik.com. [A Brighter Blast of Weird from Sparklehorse] Reference
If he'd been an out-and-out miser, it would 'a' been better for everybody concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
He is an out-and-out Abolitionist, and possibly the negroes had favored him somewhat. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
She was, when she pleased, an out-and-out helpmeet, and now she was excelling herself. From Wordnik.com. [Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls] Reference
Unless they were out-and-out destitute, they got little or no help from the government. From Wordnik.com. [Bella DePaulo: Myth-Busting Book About Sex, Marriage, Family, and Celebrity Scholars] Reference
"No; I'm not likely to do anything of the sort, for I'm an out-and-out total abstainer.". From Wordnik.com. [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference
He was also a delegate to the Buffalo convention of 1848; so that as an out-and-out Van Buren. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
These five minerals are about the only common species which give us an out-and-out red stone. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
It was a bald, out-and-out lie, but he knew Drawford would have no way of knowing that it was. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Giveaway] Reference
The fall TV season may not be an out-and-out home run, but you can certainly do better than this. From Wordnik.com. [MUST SEE OF MUST FLEE?] Reference
Her story, "Is Enron Overpriced?" was the first major sign that the company was an out-and-out fraud. From Wordnik.com. [Power to the Hedge Funds!] Reference
I will even go further than that; I defy anyone to point out a single out-and-out lie in the whole story. From Wordnik.com. [Despoilers of the Golden Empire] Reference
The man who ridicules everything is on the toboggan slide and he will finish the slide as an out-and-out grouch. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
Even the savviest, most sophisticated travelers can find themselves with a soft spot for an out-and-out tourist trap. From Wordnik.com. [10 Best Tips For Surviving Tourist Traps] Reference
Such small raids were nominally on the excuse of extending the boundaries, but actually they were out-and-out looting. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
A fellow competitor and traveling man told me just a little while ago that he had sold you an out-and-out order of straw hats. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
That type of strategy is why super angels so far seem to have a lower rate of out-and-out failures than big VCs, observers say. From Wordnik.com. [Will These Guys Kill The Next Google?] Reference
There are not too many out-and-out fast bowlers in international cricket at the moment with such potential to build a memorable career. From Wordnik.com. [Corruption: We must be ruthless and put the fear of God into people] Reference
More likely, this is out-and-out protectionism by those who want to stop the rise of Chinese steel companies at the expense of U.S. firms. From Wordnik.com. [China Has U.S. Politicians in a Muddle] Reference
What it might do, unfortunately, is end all the pretenses of the Milosevic regime, and hasten its transition into out-and-out dictatorship. From Wordnik.com. [What It's Like Being A Serb] Reference
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