honest-like

honest-like
North Country (Newcastle) Words
respectable in appearance

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  • Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives — is a rock and roll band based in Boston, Massachusetts.The band is known for its lyrical wit and quirky subject matter, including such topics as Noam Chomsky s linguistics theories ( The Benefits of Language ), the Time Cube ( Time Cube ), the… …   Wikipedia

  • honest — [adj] truthful, candid above board, authentic, bona fide*, conscientious, decent, direct, equitable, ethical, fair, fair and square*, forthright, frank, genuine, high minded*, honorable, impartial, ingenuous, just, law abiding*, lay it on the… …   New thesaurus

  • honest */*/ — UK [ˈɒnɪst] / US [ˈɑnəst] adjective Metaphor: Being honest and moral is like being in a high position. Being dishonest and immoral is like being low down. She has very high/low standards. ♦ The president took the moral high ground. ♦ They are… …   English dictionary

  • honest — hon|est W3S1 [ˈɔnıst US ˈa:n ] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(character)¦ 2¦(statement/answer etc)¦ 3 to be honest (with you) 4 honest! 5 honest to God 6¦(work)¦ 7¦(ordinary good people)¦ 8 make an honest woman (out) of somebody ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • honest — adjective 1 CHARACTER someone who is honest does not lie or steal etc: It was very honest of him to give them the money back. | an old woman with a plain, honest face you could trust | scrupulously honest (=always very honest): She is… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Honest Reporting Canada — HonestReporting Canada (HRC) is a Canadian media watchdog that monitors Canadian media coverage of Israel and the Middle East to promote what it calls balanced, accurate, and unbiased reporting. [ [http://www.cjnews.com/TOPScnCJN/index.php?option …   Wikipedia

  • Honest Pleasure — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Honest Pleasure caption = sire = What A Pleasure grandsire = Bold Ruler dam = Tularia damsire = Tulyar sex = Stallion foaled = 1973 country = United States flagicon|USA colour = Dark Bay breeder =… …   Wikipedia

  • like — I prep. (colloq.) like to + inf. (it was like them to be late) II v. 1) to like a great deal, a lot, very much 2) (E) he likes to read 3) (G) she likes reading 4) (H; no passive) (often with the conditional) I d like him to go; I like people to… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Honest Ed's — Infobox Company company name = Honest Ed s company company type = Private slogan = foundation = 1948 location = Toronto, Ontario, Canada key people = Ed Mirvish, David Mirvish num employees = industry = Retailing products = Department store… …   Wikipedia

  • Honest Labourer (ballad) — The Honest Labourer , The Jolly Thresher , Poor Man, Poor Man or The Nobleman and the Thresher is a traditional English Folk ballad (Roud #19) [http://library.efdss.org/cgi bin/query.cgi?index roud=on cross=off type=Song access=off op 9=or field… …   Wikipedia

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