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29-07-2017, 01:44 PM
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Re: Are Battle-Axes Still Alive And Kicking?

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I took my mother-in-law to Madame Tussard’s Chamber of Horrors, and one of the attendants said, ‘Keep her moving sir, we’re stock-taking’.

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29-07-2017, 07:59 PM
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This is the definition of battle-axe. Surely, no woman can be like this..... Can they?
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a formidably aggressive older woman.
"a battleaxe with inflexible house rules"
synonyms: harridan, dragon, crone, witch, hag, gorgon, ogress, hellcat, harpy, tartar, martinet, termagant, virago, fury; shrew, nag; informalold bat, old bag, bitch; informaltarge; archaicscold; rareXanthippe
"his mother was a right old battle-axe
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13-08-2017, 10:17 AM
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I just enjoyed a good giggle reading all these posts. I should be in my place in the kitchen peeling veg and making Yorkshire puddings.
No not really my m-in-law was lovely. One in a million.
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13-08-2017, 11:25 AM
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Re: Are Battle-Axes Still Alive And Kicking?

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I just enjoyed a good giggle reading all these posts. I should be in my place in the kitchen peeling veg and making Yorkshire puddings.
No not really my m-in-law was lovely. One in a million.

Just as well you didn't meet my mother, she really was a Dragon, apart from some of her other accomplishments, she was also a local Magistrate!!!
 
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