![]() ![]() Quill & Quire Here is a writer who knows how to put people together on the page and let the sparks fly: passages between Spat and an older, fellow alcoholic he encounters at a recovery meeting are drawn with the delicacy and barbed wit of a good inner-city vignette from The Wire. Ed Macdonald is a gripping writer.-Alistair MacLeod This excellent debut novel combines gutsy language and a relentless, engaging plot with one of the most chaotic but loveable protagonists in recent CanLit.this satisfying book leaves the reader feeling grateful to be alive. The style is electrifying and there are images that will burn in the reader's mind forever. This novel is unforgettable both for its subject matter and its form of narration. ![]() SPAT THE DUMMY is a confession-raw and unrestrained, a modern day hero's journey to the Underworld and back, a novel about changing history by confronting it. Newly divorced and out of control, his decision to tell all and release himself from the past unleashes a storm of change in both his internal and external life. A chance meeting with an old friend of his father's in a bar exposes the dark secret they've both been harboring, the secret that has shaped and defined Spat's tumultuous life. Raised in Montréal by a bagman for the Irish mob, Spat has fictionalized or ignored chunks of his life too painful to recall. They haunt him by day and share his drink at night. Origin spit 1 Old English spittan spit 2 1. Good food will be served from the spit.Those first learning to water start or carve gybe are best off in the flat water to windward by the spit.He freed a hand and wiped away the spit.He worked his way over to the window, opened it, and took a spit into the fresh biting coldness.Elizabeth and Anne contrived a spit for Felix's chickens and set them to roast.Related topics: Human, Geography spit spit 2 noun 1 HBH informal the watery liquid that is produced in your mouth SYN saliva 2 DFC a long thin stick that you put through meat so that you can turn it when cooking it over a fire 3 SG a long narrow piece of land that sticks out into the sea, into a river etc 4 → be the (dead) spit of somebody 5 → spit and polish Examples from the Corpus spit I tried a bite, but it was so bad, I spit it out.The phrase is usually used of an adult, and the implication is that the outburst is childish, like a baby spitting out its dummy in a tantrum and refusing to be pacified. Any moment now and she will spit on us, on life. Spit the Dummy Australian Term: To indulge in a sudden display of anger or frustration to lose one’s temper.Most babies have a strong sucking reflex and sucking often. Bill was leaning on his cab, spitting at the wing mirror and half-heartedly polishing it with his sleeve. Babies are often given a dummy, also called pacifiers or soothers, to suck on for comfort.A pedestrian spits on the window of a driver he thinks cut him off.She spit into the sink, then threw down her toothbrush.If he had suggested this six months earlier, I would have spit at the ground.She spat into the grass outside the privy.He was so offended by my cover that he spat on me. ![]() I spat in my hand and gave Claude long, slipping strokes.He and Meg are now spitting bile at one another through the Press.The volcano began rumbling and spitting ash on July 3.He spit a bone on to the floor and sent Goh to get another Tiger beer.He spat a bit as he spoke and Carrie dreaded the moment when she would have to shake hands and be spat at.7 cat HBA if a cat spits, it makes short angry sounds 8 → be within spitting distance (of something) 9 → spit the dummy → spit up → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus spit 5 → spit it out 6 small pieces SEND to send out small bits of something, for example fire or hot oil, into the air A log fire was crackling and spitting in the hearth. 3 → be spitting 4 say something ( also spit out ) SAY to say something quickly in a very angry way ‘Shut up!’, spat Maria furiously. spit something out Diana tasted her martini and quickly spat it out. 2 food/drink etc HBH to force something out of your mouth Billy stood up slowly, rubbed his jaw, and spat blood. spit at/on/into A group of fans spat on the players as they left the field. Raised in Montreal by a bagman for the Irish mob, Spat has fictionalized or ignored chunks of his life too painful to recall. ○ verb ( past tense and past participle spat / spæt / or spit American English, present participle spitting ) 1 liquid from your mouth HBH to force a small amount of saliva (=the liquid in your mouth ) out of your mouth Nick rolled down his window and spat. They haunt him by day and share his drink at night.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Human spit spit 1 / spɪt / ![]()
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