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paxwax
paxwax Now dial. and colloq. (ˈpækswæks) Also 5 paxwex, paswax, 6 pixwex, 7 pax-waxe, 7–9 packwax, 9 paxywaxy. [A word used in many dialect forms, e.g. fix-fax, fic-fac, fig-fag, etc., the earliest known being fax-wax or fex-wex (W. de Bibbesworth 13..), which appears to contain OE. feax, ME. fex, f...
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Master of Paxwax
Master of Paxwax is a novel by Phillip Mann published in 1986. of Pawl Paxwax.
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Nuchal ligament
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In sheep and cattle it is known as the paxwax. It relieves the animal of the weight of its head. The word is mentioned in a dictionary of South-west Lincolnshire dialect as a synonym of paxwax (originally Old English hair + to grow).
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paswax
pastyme, pasuolan, paswax obs. ff. pastime, passevolant, paxwax.
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Phillip Mann
However, Master of Paxwax and its sequel, Fall of the Families, have become classics of New Zealand literature. The story of Master of Paxwax, Mann's second book, centers around the life of Pawl Paxwax.
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taxwax
taxwax Now dial. (ˈtækswæks) Also 9 taxy waxy. [Var. of paxwax.] The tendon of the neck: = paxwax.1709 Blair in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 78 From above this Tax-Wax in the Neck, do arise two Muscles. 1713 Derham Phys.-Theol. vi. iii. 362 That strong tendinous and insensible Aponeurosis, or Ligament—Called...
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The Fall of the Families
The Fall of the Families is a novel by Phillip Mann published in 1987, a sequel of Master of Paxwax from 1986.
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whitleather
whitleather (ˈhwɪtˌlɛðə(r)) Forms: 4 witleȝtr', 5 whittlether, 5–7 whit(-)lether, 7–9 whit-leather, 6– whitleather. [white a. 2 (with normal shortening in comb.) and leather n. For illustration of white leather see 1 β.] 1. a. Leather of a white or light colour and soft pliant consistence, prepared ...
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2022 in New Zealand
Phillip Mann, science fiction writer (Master of Paxwax, The Fall of the Families) and theatre director (born 1942).
4 September – Peter Macdonald, geophysicist
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2022 deaths in the United Kingdom
September
1 September – Phillip Mann, British-born New Zealand writer (Master of Paxwax, The Fall of the Families), teacher and theatre director (b.
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Deaths in September 2022
Phillip Mann, 80, British-born New Zealand writer (Master of Paxwax, The Fall of the Families), teacher and theatre director.
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