Squad leaders were responsible for doing periodic checks to make sure soldiers were living a couth lifestyle, as Joes would compete regularly to see whose room was nicer.
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Couth
//kuːθ//
Synonyms for "couth" (1 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 6 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- hienostunut adj (marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication — see also cultured, refined)
- hienostuneisuus noun (social grace, refinement, sophistication — see also refinement, sophistication)
French
4 entries- raffiné adj (marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication — see also cultured, refined)
- sophistiqué adj (marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication — see also cultured, refined)
- raffinement noun (social grace, refinement, sophistication — see also refinement, sophistication)
- sophistication noun (social grace, refinement, sophistication — see also refinement, sophistication)
German
2 entries- Manieren noun (social grace, refinement, sophistication — see also refinement, sophistication)
- gute Umgangsformen noun (social grace, refinement, sophistication — see also refinement, sophistication)
Italian
2 entries- lepido adj (marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication — see also cultured, refined)
- lepòre noun (social grace, refinement, sophistication — see also refinement, sophistication)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- uglađen adj (marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication — see also cultured, refined)
- ȍtm(j)en adj (marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication — see also cultured, refined)
- otm(j)enost noun (social grace, refinement, sophistication — see also refinement, sophistication)
- uglađenost noun (social grace, refinement, sophistication — see also refinement, sophistication)
Spanish
1 entries- sofisticado, refinado adj (marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication — see also cultured, refined)
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So Dennis May thrilled me in a recent issue when he described Raymond Mays' 1939 E.R.A. racer as a "couth" little Merc-like model.
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Yet the dancers are beautiful, their cool movement has a couth simplicity, and there are moments when a gesture of almost absolute beauty stands transfixed in some transom of sublime comprehension.
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[John] Dankworth's care over the shaping and presentation of his music led occasionally to complaints that it was clever, lightweight stuff, lacking the rough passion which many regarded as the mark of authentic jazz, a view summed up by the critic Kitty Grime in the much-quoted phrase "couth, kempt and shevelled".
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