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Could be doled out to the Band of German Maidens if suitable husbands can't be found.' 'What a good idea,' exclaimed Paul, kempt and booted now, and jerking down his tunic.

The rest of the BMS serialization team that contributed to this article are: Alison Casserly, Barry DeDominicis, Adem Dika, Ismael Herrera, Mahesh Joshi, Kathryn Kempt, Brian Lee, Diane Redler, Daljeet Sahni, Sanjay Sabhlok, Sanjay Sengar, and Arvind Sharma.

KEMPT A Forty bottles of hay B Combed C Malignant water-sprite who am I?

Susie will retell the adventures that lie hidden within such words as lasagne (involving a chamber pot) and bugbear (a terrorising monster), and explain such oddities as the silent 'h' in ghost and the mysterious disappearance of kempt, gormful, and ruly (and yes, you really can be gruntled).

With guests being greeted as they arrived and ushered to one side by the photographer so as to record their 'more kempt than at the course' state, the volume of those mingling started its upward trajectory courtesy of the generous sponsorship of African & Eastern.

For instance, why can't some Chinese be scrutable, and why can't my appearance (still) be kempt? Much the same happens in the case of-ful/-less adjectives where the pattern of pairs like careful/careless and harmful/harmless is broken by such 'singletons' as peaceful, plentiful and priceless.

The university land is often pristine, well kempt and hence a prime target for developers.

One example she gave was that he described her as looking "well kempt and casually dressed" when she had not washed her hair in 10 days and was wearing pyjamas and a dressing gown.

The church was very old, I discovered; it had preceded the incorporation of the town, and had changed denominations once, and had never been noticeably renovated, though it was clean and kempt, with songbooks in every pew and robes hanging neatly on muscular wooden pegs.

The sitter's kempt moustache matches his short shock of ash-colored hair.

Kempt is director of the Idaho Department of Correction.

A kempt bit of salt and pepper stubble is perfectly acceptable.