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Not all farmers have been so forward-thinking, however; some rotten eggs continued to cock a snook at the rules and treat chickens reprehensibly.
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Statue of a street urchin performing the gesture, Ashton-under-Lyne, UK Stalin performing the gesture in the 1940s Cocking a snook is a sign of derision or contempt, made by putting the thumb on the nose, holding the palm open and perpendicular to the face, and wiggling the remaining fingers.'Cock a snook' – the meaning and origin of this phrase, Phrases.org.uk. Retrieved at 1 January 2018 It is used mostly by schoolchildren, often combined with verbal insults, sticking out the tongue or blowing a raspberry. It is also known as thumbing the nose, Anne's Fan or Queen Anne's Fan.
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Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review stating: > However, those critics might just owe them a rethink, because musically- > speaking the Anglo-Swedish trio have managed to suppress their more irksome > tendencies. In fact, 'Choices' finds them adopting an oh-so contemporary > electropop complete with big rubbery synths that Calvin Harris wouldn't cock > a snook at. Crucially, in the process they haven't lost their ability to pen > a proper pop chorus or, for that matter, a middle 8 that swells like an > Olympic gold medallist's chest. Odd-pop? Nope, this is just top pop.
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Situated in extensive landscaped gardens, Impney Hall, as it was previously known, was designed from 1869 onwards and built in 1873–75 for local industrialist the saltworks magnate John Corbett in the style of a Louis XIII château. It was a gift for Corbett's wife, Hannah Eliza O'Meara, who was of mixed French/Irish descent and had been raised in Paris, where her father was secretary to the Diplomatic Corps."More relevant may have been his desire to cock a snook at his political rival, Sir John Pakington of Westwood House", observes Pevsner . The family seat of the Pakingtons was Westwood House which is located about a mile away and had been compared by the antiquarian T.R. Nash to the Chateau de Madrid in Paris.
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In the 19th century the house was the residence of Lord John Pakington, a British Conservative politician, who before he lost his Droitwich seat in the Commons in 1874 and was raised to the peerage held a number of government posts. The man who defeated him in that election was the Liberal politician and industrialist John Corbett. He built a house in the style of a Louis XIII château. Known as Chateau Impney, it stands only about a mile away from Westwood and although it was said to be built in that style to please his Franco-Irish wife, "More relevant may have been his desire to cock a snook at his political rival, Sir John Pakington of Westwood House" (Sir Nikolaus Pevsner).
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