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Noel Coward

(1899—1973)

English playwrightactor

Women should be struck regularly--like gongs.

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strike out

[strike out] {v.} 1. To destroy something that has been written or drawn by drawing a line or cross through it or by erasing it. * /John misspelled "corollary. " […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[strike up] {v.} 1a. To start to sing or play. * /We were sitting around the camp fire. Someone struck up a song, and we all joined in./ * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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