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71Redrill footage — Occasionally, a hole is lost or junked and a second hole may be drilled from the surface in close proximity to the first. Footage drilled for the second hole is defined as redrill footage. Under these circumstances, the first hole is reported… …
72from time to time — occasionally. → from …
73now and then — Occasionally, indefinitely, once in a while, not often, at intervals …
74amber — Occasionally said to be rubbed on sore eyes and sprained limbs (Henderson, 1866: 113), or worn for chest ailments (Folk Lore 53 (1942), 98). One soldier from the First World War reckoned he owed his life to his amber bead (Lovett, 1925: 13) …
75from time to time — Occasionally, at intervals, now and then. See from …
76from time to time — Occasionally, at intervals, now and then. See from …
77boys will be boys — Occasionally girls will be girls. 1601 A. DENT Plain Man’s Pathway 64 Youth will be youthfull, when you haue saide all that you can. 1826 T. H. LISTER Granby II. vii. Girls will be girls. They like admiration. 1848 THACKERAY Vanity Fair xiii. As… …
78clever — Occasionally used on its own as a term of address, and likely to be sarcastic. An example occurs in Daughters of Mulberry, by Roger Longrigg. There is another in Lord of the Flies, by William Golding. While the first of these is almost an… …
79cookie — Occasionally used by American speakers to an attractive young woman, though the term is more often used in third person reference. This slang meaning of ‘cookie’ derives from the word (British English ‘biscuit’). ‘Cookie’ is also used of men,… …
80cooky — Occasionally used by American speakers to an attractive young woman, though the term is more often used in third person reference. This slang meaning of ‘cookie’ derives from the word (British English ‘biscuit’). ‘Cookie’ is also used of men,… …
