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"jilt" Definitions
  1. jilt somebody to end a romantic relationship with somebody in a sudden and unkind way

46 Sentences With "jilt"

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They made up, then in the morning Terry threatened to leave the church through the window and jilt her.
You don't jilt a woman who can spin in midair while wearing the equivalent of an ermine-trimmed housecoat.
Officials said that the military exercises showed the determination of the United States Navy not to jilt its Australian partners.
These days "ghost" is often used as a verb, and it's never good, least of all when you're ready to wed and get the JILT instead.
The bed-bound Bill is useless to Jane, so she looks for assistance elsewhere, recruiting a former beau named Dan Frost (Joel Edgerton), whom she left years before, and who has never quite recovered from the jilt.
But if the franchise could jilt basketball-loving Seattle, let's spare Durant any kneejerk criticism for leaving a place "that raised me," as he wrote, and not long after gushing with affection for it in a Sports Illustrated article.
Justice E. Leo Strine Jr. of Delaware Supreme Court ruled as a lower court judge in 2001 that the poultry producer Tyson Foods couldn't jilt the meatpacker IBP just because IBP reported two bad quarters and a subsidiary was shaky.
WASHINGTON — When the Philippines appeared to jilt its old ally the United States in favor of China this week, it repudiated not only President Obama and his "pivot" to Asia, but also Hillary Clinton, who made reaching out to the region her signature project as his secretary of state.
Sure, he finds his wife cheating on him with his brother, Keith—which, other than basketball games and humping teenagers, is perhaps the most realistic thing to happen on this show—but in retaliation, he hires probably-a-prostitute-I'm-not-sure to instigate a faux relationship with Keith, build it to the point of marriage, and then jilt him at the altar to humiliate him and crush him forever.
Jilt shop is an archaic term for an establishment frequented by B-girls.
Toulalan 39. but as Charles Hinnant arguesHinnant 203. in his recent scholarly edition of The London Jilt, this was due to Arundell Esdaile, a bibliographer, who, in his List of English Tales and Prose Romances (1912), attributed The London Jilt to Oldy, confusing this novel with Oldys' The Female Gallant, or The Female Cuckold (1692), which had as a variant title The London Jilt, or The Female Cuckold (p. 11).
BOSWELL (to himself). What the devil does the confounded jilt > mean by being hurt in her circumstances? This is the grossest cunning. But I > won't take notice of that at all.
Hinnant, the book's most recent editor, concludes that The London Jilt must have been quite popular considering the widespread usage of the name in the title, which was incorporated, for instance, in the biography of a criminal woman.Hinnant 10. In the United States, The London Jilt was part of what Jules Paul Seigel in The New England Quarterly called "Puritan light reading," that is, the kind of literature enjoyed by Puritans in the New England colonies.Seigel 193-94.
Ann Street, Boston's red-light district in the 19th century, was lined with "jilt shops"—saloons, dance halls, gambling dens, and brothels—whose primary purpose was to lure customers for robbery. An example of a jilt shop in operation is described in an 1881 Boston Globe article. A man named Gideon Burnham entered a small saloon in the North End where, by his account, he attempted to pay for his drink with a $5 bill. The barmaid, Mary McNamara, said she could not make change but could get change across the street.
"Florida TV stations jilt the Buccaneers: Does anyone care?". St. Petersburg Evening Independent. 23 November 1985. Culverhouse went so far as to dictate that Miami Dolphins games also be blacked out, sometimes even when Buccaneer games were sellouts.
"The court intimated that there was very little difference between stealing and cheating, and preferred to believe the man's story, more particularly as it was the business of such women to cheat people and steal money in the way described." McNamara was fined $20 and costs. In another instance, two female employees of a jilt shop were arrested in 1882 for stealing $250 from the pockets of Charles Tasker, a former North End police officer who "ought to have been wise enough to keep out of the snares of strange women." A popular form of entertainment at jilt shops was rat-baiting.
Knight (centre) in The Jilt (1915) Knight came to California in 1906. She lived in Pasadena until five years before her death. She performed in films under the name Lillian Knight. Two of her early films were Custer's Last Fight and The Deserter.
Ann Street, also known as the "Black Sea", was an infamous neighborhood in the 19th century. The main street and its side alleys formed a red-light district where brothels, inns, "jilt shops", and tavernsBergen 23. could be segregated from the rest of the city.Duis 235.
The London Jilt; Or, the Politick Whore is an English prose tale published anonymously in 1683, ostensibly relating the memoirs of a London courtesan. Part of the English tradition of the "Restoration rake," the book, once attributed to Alexander Oldys, achieved popularity in both England and the American Colonies.
The old but wealthy Lady Youthly is due to marry George, an impoverished younger brother. George's father, Sir Rowland, is due to marry Lady Youthly's granddaughter, Tereisa. Mirtilla is the 'amorous jilt' of the title. She previously dropped George in order to marry the wealthy Sir Morgan Blunder.
They are a "comic pair" who go through an entire series of misunderstandings and setbacks.Hayward 1991, p.68. Their first attempt at marriage does not develop as they jilt on another on the day. Derek goes on to marry Angela Hawthorne (Diane Fletcher) but eventually realizes that he belongs with Mavis.
De Vlindertuin is a restaurant located in Zuidlaren in the Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star from 2008 to present. Totaaloverzicht Michelinsterren 2012 Last visited 29 November 2011 GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 15.0 out of 20 points. KnoopjeLos - De Vlindertuin Head chef is Jilt Cazemier.
Kim tries to jilt Esther believing that she is still in love with Grace. Esther convinces Kim that she only wants her and they get married. Kim is then kidnapped and Esther believes she has left her. Kim returns unexpectedly and tells Esther to stay away from her and Kath and leaves again.
The genre of amatory fiction that Behn writes in allows for women of her century to write and read about love and desire through a public narrative. The Fair Jilt is another example of Behn's work that is comparable and somewhat continues the style and themes of her work through another story.
She is instantly prejudiced against him due to his pride and arrogance. The elder sister, Roopa (Aparna Sharma) falls in love with the friend Ravi, whose sisters do not think much of her family and persuade him to jilt her. The role of the youngest sister, Roohi was portrayed by Kitu Gidwani and the character of Mrs. Bennet was played by Ratna Bhushan.
Kim overhears part of the conversation and fails to realise Esther was just trying to provoke Grace. She attends the wedding and attempts to jilt Esther accusing her of loving Grace. The ceremony then goes ahead after Esther convinces Kim. The show aired surprise scenes in which Kim arrives home to prepare for her honeymoon and is confronted by a mystery intruder.
The Younger Brother, or, The Amorous Jilt is a comedy written by Aphra Behn. The play was first performed and published posthumously in 1696, but was probably written in the late 1680s. The first published version of this play (February 1696) included the first biography of Behn, and this was probably written by Charles Gildon. It was staged at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, likely in early February 1696.
By the end of his time there they are engaged, though Rupert later realises that he does not remember actually asking Muriel and assumed this was due to painkillers and sickness causing memory loss. He slowly realises that Muriel is after his title and falls in love with Anna, though he refuses to jilt Muriel. He loves his dog Baskerville and his mother, uncle Sebastian, and personally knows every one of Mersham's staff.
It is one of the last great achievements of Spanish Baroque literature during the seventeenth century. It was translated into English by Captain John Stevens (London, 1707), The Spanish Libertines: or the lives of Justina, the Country Jilt, Celestina, the bawd of Madrid and Estevanillo Gonzales, the most arch and comical of scoundrels. To which is added, a play call'd An Evening's Adventures. All four written by eminent Spanish authors, and now first made English by Captain John Stevens.
On 2 October 2015, Wilkinson gave a talk at MUTEK in Montreal in which he announced a new project going into pre-production. 'Whilst The Rest Were Sleeping' will be a virtual reality performance with live music for 16 audience members at a time. Set in the year 2029, it will continue the story of Beyond the Bright Black Edge of Nowhere and The Cube. It will be created in collaboration with Jilt Van Moorst (Amsterdam Film Academy) and Hagbard Celine (Amoeba Design).
She eventually gives birth to a baby boy, but doesn't wish to see him. Lottie has a change of heart and cares for the child. Jack's parents discover the wedding license in their son's belongings, mistakenly listed as "Payne," and forgive Judy, but she's appalled by their hypocrisy. After finding a job and beginning a relationship with a boy, Danny Fuller, a smooth talker named Pete Bailey seduces her, only to jilt Judy on what she believes is her wedding day.
The finishing touch was the use of alternative end-title music, "Julia's Theme", a variation of the usual one which replaced the dramatic drum beats with a longer, gentler piano-solo introduction. Michelle as she appeared in 1985, played by Susan Tully. The following year Michelle and Lofty's (Tom Watt) church wedding was another target of press speculation before the episodes aired. According to Holland and Smith, they wanted to know two things: the design of Michelle's dress, and whether she'd jilt Lofty at the altar.
Cronkite at the helm of the in July 1997. Cronkite was married for nearly 65 years to Mary Elizabeth 'Betsy' Maxwell Cronkite, from March 30, 1940, until her death from cancer on March 15, 2005.. They had three children: Nancy Cronkite, Mary Kathleen (Kathy) Cronkite, and Walter Leland (Chip) Cronkite III (who is married to actress Deborah Rush). Cronkite dated singer Joanna Simon from 2005 to 2009.nypost.com/2009/08/23/walter-jilt-his- gal-pal A grandson, Walter Cronkite IV, now works at CBS.
However, Boucicault withdrew just before the theatre opened, and Stuart teamed up instead with the actor, playwright and theatre manager Charles Fechter to run the house. In 1875 Boucicault returned to New York City, where he made his home and for a time his manager was Harry J. Sargent. He wrote the melodrama Contempt of Court (poster, left) in 1879, but he paid occasional visits to London and elsewhere (e.g. Toronto). He made his last appearance in London in his play, The Jilt, in 1885.
After she left the saloon, Burnham was advised to follow her and retrieve his money before she spent it all on drink. As soon as he left the saloon, the door was locked behind him. Burnham found a police officer and had McNamara arrested for larceny. In court, McNamara and "the woman who keeps the jilt shop" told a different story, claiming that "instead of larceny there was only a breach of an illegal contract"; meaning, presumably, that Burnham had paid for sexual services which were not rendered.
A clothing manufacturer, Hank (Robert Young) returns from a year in Japan, learning about a new formula for synthetic silk, to discover that his girlfriend Eleanor (Ann Sothern) is engaged to marry another man. Hank persuades her to jilt the new man at the altar. After he and Eleanor get married, Hank comes to dislike the show- business friends of his wife and mother-in-law Gypsy (Cora Witherspoon) who pop up at all hours. And a man named Dillman (Dean Jagger) turns up who claims that Eleanor is actually his legal wife, not Hank's.
She is unfriendly to the staff, the dowager, the dog, and even to good family friends the Minna, and Viscount Byrne, bluntly insulting their daughter, the Honorable Olive, and her disability. Out of love and respect for Rupert, those Muriel offends suffer in silence, not wanting to ill-wish the Earl's bride. Learning of Muriel's deeds later, Rupert is angry and realises he did not ever truly love her, just as he falls in love with Anna. Nonetheless, he is a man of his word and will not jilt Muriel.
Michelle and Lofty's church wedding was a massive target of press speculation before the episodes aired. They wanted to know two things, firstly the design of Michelle's dress, and secondly whether or not she would jilt Lofty at the altar. Anticipating a press furore, it was decided to shoot the wedding in a church in private grounds where the press would not have access. However the press still turned up in large numbers, and security men had to be hired to keep cameramen away from the story action.
Jack and Jill is a 1998 Canadian anti-romantic comedy film, directed by John Kalangis."It's not clear if Jack fell down, but he did jilt Jill, in the movie: Opens tonight at Varsity". National Post, March 5, 1999. The film stars Kalangis and Shauna MacDonald as Jack and Jill, a couple in Toronto who decide to remain together in an open relationship after Jack calls off their engagement, and Kathryn Zenna as Veronica, the waitress at their local coffee shop who ends up as a sounding board for both Jack and Jill's feelings about their relationship.
Den visits her moments before she's due to leave for the church and their chat makes her jilt Lofty at the altar. Later that year, she changes her mind again and Lofty whisks her away for a secret wedding outside Walford but it does not go smoothly. Michelle grows tired of Lofty, who pressures her to let him to adopt Vicki legally and have another baby. Michelle doesn't like either idea, but after an ill-fated attempt to elope with Den, she settles for an unhappy life with Lofty and ends the year pregnant with Lofty's baby.
Man-soo returns from the States a changed man; he has transformed into famous, rich, hunky pro-golfer Karl Go. He hires Jung Woo-tak (Kang Sung-jin) to play a wealthy bachelor, and once Soo-jungs fall in love with him, he's to jilt her at the altar, just like she did to Man-soo. Meanwhile, Karl pretends to be the debt-ridden boyfriend of Soo-jung's boarder Yook Dae-soon (Park Da- an). But his revenge plans go awry when he and Soo-jung fall in love with each other again. On her wedding day to Woo-tak, Soo-jung runs away and chooses Karl despite believing he's poor.
1757 Latin edition of the Dialogues of Luisa Sigea (first published c. 1660) by Nicholas Chorier Title- page and frontispiece of The London Jilt; Or, the Politick Whore, London, 1683 The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter (later made into a film by Fellini) is an ancient Roman novel, which has partially survived, narrating the misadventures of an impotent man named Encolpius, who has been cursed by the god Priapus. The novel is filled with bawdy and obscene episodes, including orgies, ritual sex, and other erotic incidents. The discovery of several fragments of Lollianos's Phoenician Tale reveal that a genre of picaresque erotic novel also existed in ancient Greece.
The series follows the wavering relationship between two ex-lovers, Penny Warrender, a secretary for an advertising firm, and Vincent Pinner, an ex-ice cream salesman turned bookmaker who is the son of a wealthy scrap metal merchant. The couple (who first met in the summer of 1976 at a Rolling Stones concert in Hyde Park) split up following Vincent's decision to jilt Penny on their wedding day in June 1978, leaving her at the altar. In the pilot episode, five years since their intended wedding day, the pair meet again by chance in a pub while out on individual dates. The pair decide to forget the past and become friends, although the rekindling of their relationship is not welcomed by Penny's snobbish parents, particularly her mother, Daphne, played by Sylvia Kay.
Swindley soon ventures out becoming manager of the Rosamand Street branch of Gamma Garments, a clothing chain with Emily as his head assistant, their relationship becomes stronger and they decide to get married; however, Swindley's pompousness and arrogance forces her to jilt him at the altar. A very moral woman, Emily prides herself on saving herself for marriage, but her resolve is eventually weakened and she begins a relationship with a Hungarian man called Miklos Zadic (Paul Stassino). She later confides in her friend Valerie Barlow (Anne Reid) that she has no regrets about the encounter; Emily is, by that time, 39 years old and assumes it will be now or never. With Miklos out of the picture, Emily falls in love with mild-mannered Ernest Bishop (Stephen Hancock) after meeting him at his mother's funeral in 1969.
Crosbie immediately begins having second thoughts; he is now engaged to two women and although he prefers Lily (who is younger, prettier and more intelligent) she is a country girl he can jilt with few repercussions whereas Alexandrina is the daughter of a prominent family. Thus he writes a letter to Lily and Mrs. Dale breaking off the engagement. Ironically, he is given a raise in salary almost as soon as he returns to London, and he muses how he could have had a comfortable, happy life married to Lily. Lily is heartbroken but puts on a brave face, claiming she is happy for Adolphus and Alexandrina and refusing to hear anyone speak an ill word against her “Apollo.” She also refuses to entertain the idea of marrying another man and thus rejects repeated proposals from Johnny Eames, a family friend who has loved Lily since childhood (and who first confesses his feelings to her as soon as he hears about her engagement).
Lugbara phrases are spoken in several dialects (clan-wise) but the Muni (Ayivu) version, from which many of the explanations below are based, is the one approved for teaching in schools. The language has diphthong clusters and other noteworthy phonetics including the following: aa as in bat, for example embataa c as in church, for example Candiru (which is also spelt Chandiru) dj as in jilt, for example odji, the ‘d’ is silent ee as in emblem, for example Andree gb as in bend, for example gbe, the ‘g’ is silent. Gb in Lugbara does not have an equivalent in English.What stands out in these Sudanic languages is the special manner in which 'kp, gb, 'd, 'b, 'y, 'w are pronounced. i as in inn, for example di-i oa as in oar, for example Adroa oo as in old, for example ocoo, less often oo as in food, for example ‘doo uu as in chew, for example cuu z as in jean after n, for example onzi.

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