carrying-on
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carrying-on
noun carryings-on · carrying on
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Improper, immoral behavior.
-- One thing I know for sure - a person can't sneeze in this town without somebody offerin' him a handkerchief -- What you mean? -- Nothing. It's an awful small town for any kinda carryin' on...And some people got a lotta guns."
Similar: Corinthianism, carrying-on, knavery, profligacy, rakehood, vice
- Irritating or self-indulgent behavior. I am bored by stupid discussions. By the quadrille of argumentation. The insolent carrying on of intellectuals. The empty formulas of philosophy.
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noun improper, immoral behaviour
| Русский | выкрута́сы vykrutásy, фривольное поведе́ние frivolʹnoje povedénije, легкомы́сленное поведе́ние lexkomýslennoje povedénije, вы́ходки výxodki |
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