ornery
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More than 25 regional breweries, cideries and meaderies will be pouring, including a number of D.C. favorites; Stillwater, RAR and Union of Maryland; and Ornery, Three Notch’d and Adventure of Virginia.
From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2016
Ornery picket lines spread from Guess's shop on Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive to its 66 other retail outlets across the country.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some qualifications for Ornery Club membership: wearing "good luck" galluses; finger-jabbing people in the chest while conversing; messing in the kitchen; carrying love charms; wearing No. 17 celluloid collars on No. 15 neckbands; general orneriness.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I am reporting to New York members of the Ornery Men's Club the acquisition of a new and noble member—Governor 'Alfalfa Bill— Murray of Oklahoma," said Clubfounder Volney T. Hoggatt of Denver.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ornery cuss, eh?" he remarked; "and gall, too, eh?
From The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills by Connor, Ralph
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