beer and skittles

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
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As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
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In such beer polls, I suspect a lot of voters would pick Huckabee.
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Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
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We know that the skies are open season for all manner of drone traffic, from missile launchers to beer droppers.
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She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
In Tiefurt we partook of a magnificent collation consisting of a mug of beer, brown bread and sausage!
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various

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beer and skittles

noun

(functioning as singular) informal enjoyment or pleasure

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