Uriah Heep
Americannoun
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There’s no denying the pleasure of seeing Dickens’s Peggottys transformed into the kindly Peggots, or his oily villain Uriah Heep recast as a sniveling assistant football coach named U-Haul Pyles.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
However, the relationships formed there eventually led to the formation of Uriah Heep in the 1970s.
From Fox News ● Nov. 5, 2020
Born in Bournemouth, Dorset, in 1947, Kerslake joined Uriah Heep in 1971.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2020
Similarly, Ben Whishaw’s quietly slinking Uriah Heep, squinting from beneath pudding-bowl bangs, is a creepy joy.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
One person connected with the lawyer's household whom he did not like so well was Uriah Heep.
From Tales from Dickens by Rives, Hallie Erminie
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