Even the term Dickensian is pretty meaningless, if you haven't read any Dickens. ". From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Make a point of using the word Dickensian in a sentence today. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Pearl: Are You Dickensian?] Reference
Now I understand why the phrase Dickensian keeps recurring in the critics reviews of the book. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
The word Dickensian doesn't fully describe the madness of a system that cannot get rid of bad teachers. From Wordnik.com. [daytondailynews.com - News] Reference
And the final 50 minutes somberly hold our hands in Dickensian fashion, inaudibly asking how we’d react. From Wordnik.com. [Six Feet Under: One Year in the Grave | PopPolitics.com] Reference
Oh, dear: am I hearing the adjective "Dickensian" floating about?. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Professor:] Reference
Finally, the novel's publicist should use the adjective "Dickensian" at least once. From Wordnik.com. [Rules for Writing Neo-Victorian Novels] Reference
It is most assuredly not "Dickensian," as the dustjacket flap would over-enthusiastically have it. From Wordnik.com. [The Fiend in Human] Reference
It seems like it will just be a kind of Dickensian knockoff, at first, although a very well written one. From Wordnik.com. [Byatt's The Children's Book: Review] Reference
He has an uncanny eye for the way people actually live, a kind of Dickensian flair for the telling observation. From Wordnik.com. [New Race] Reference
The humor of this passage is also typically "Dickensian": observant, tolerant of eccentricities, and devastating all at the same time. From Wordnik.com. [Canonical Writers] Reference
Ian Drury, art teacher turned rock star, possessed a "Dickensian" persona. From Wordnik.com. [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference
The surrounding buildings were from the "Dickensian" era and they reminded me of the play "Oliver!". From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Alongside "Dickensian," the OED lists "Dickensy" as one of the original words used for the same meaning, but now in disuse. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Makes me sick the way some people act as is this is Victorian Britain spouting nonsense about 'Dickensian' and 'sweat shops. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - UK RSS Feed] Reference
Mr Assange would remain in "Dickensian" conditions for an "inordinate amount of time" until his supporters got the money together. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
"I may have been an influence early on," Feiffer tells Comic Riffs, "but it's turned into a kind of Dickensian novel. From Wordnik.com. [Riffs' Best Books of 2010: Trudeau reflects on 40 years of 'DOONESBURY'] Reference
WEST: It's almost like Dickensian satire or something. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2007] Reference
And it was a really Dickensian world of brutal childhood. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2006] Reference
In their ponderous silence they took on an evil, Dickensian air. From Wordnik.com. [Ask the Cards a Question]
Scoundrel and the like don't have that Dickensian rumble anymore. From Wordnik.com. [Madoff: A Scoundrel Or A Sociopath?] Reference
PARKER: I think some times it sounds far more Dickensian than it was. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2002] Reference
N.B. -- This is the Pip of our puzzle to Dickensian Students last week. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 5, 1892] Reference
The answers lie in Brazil's Dickensian social disorganization and poverty. From Wordnik.com. [Dead End Kids] Reference
It is non-Dickensian in the sense that its value depends entirely on a story. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] Reference
'I'm sorry,' he murmured, 'but all this bogus Dickensian stuff makes me writhe.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Mr Campion]
Ms. JENNIE YABROFF (Writer, "Newsweek"): It's Dickensian in the breadth of its cast. From Wordnik.com. [Jennifer Egan Does Avant-Garde Fiction -- Old School] Reference
COHAN: My favorite metaphor at this moment is the Dickensian, the tale of two cities. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2009] Reference
"The books have a Dickensian charm," says Josalyn Moran, B&N's VP of children's books. From Wordnik.com. [Series: Lemony's Last Laugh] Reference
As a result, her idea of Christmas tended heavily towards the Dickensian and Saxe-Gothan. From Wordnik.com. [A Monstrous Regiment of Women]
The Dickensian characters undoubtedly suffered from their delineator's likes and dislikes. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] Reference
How about that Dickensian name -- screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is good with these Post-it labels. From Wordnik.com. [Hail To The Movie Chief] Reference
But this isn't just a twisted joke; the rapper's sociopathic facade masks the lingering hurts of his Dickensian childhood. From Wordnik.com. [Slim Shady Sounds Off] Reference
Alexander McCall Smith's latest, set in contemporary London, features a cast of charming eccentrics with Dickensian names. From Wordnik.com. [RELIABLE SOURCE] Reference
But the talk leading up to Inauguration Day has assumed the air of a Dickensian orphanage, with the inmates shouting, "more please!". From Wordnik.com. [The Starving States] Reference
Bad Flights, Big ProfitsFlying today is a Dickensian affair: lines, cramped conditions and sharp divides between haves and have-nots. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Dickensian process: At stake is a system that favors 39 players, known as "primary dealers," who buy bonds directly from the Treasury. From Wordnik.com. [Cleaning Up 'The Club'] Reference
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