potsy

potsy

(ˈpɒtsɪ)
n, pl -sies
1. (Games, other than specified) in New York, the game of hopscotch or a close variant thereof
2. (Games, other than specified) the puck, stone, or flattened tin can used in the game potsy
3. police slang the badge worn by a policeman or other member of the emergency services
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Executive producers: Billy Ray Cyrus, Shannon Houchins, Potsy Ponciroli, Travis Nicholson, Julia Silverton, Jayson Dinsmore Cast: Billy Ray Cyrus, Joey Lauren Adams, Travis Nicholson, Madison Iseman, John Sewell, Leslie David Baker, Kevin Farley, Chelsea Talmadge, Randy Travis, Darius Rucker
One, Potsy, said: "Stone Roses tickets sold out and yet already some on GetMeIn type sites.
Potsy waving, Joanie saving, We really knew it was a lark.
I watch television or potsy around or sleep until noon and then grubble into the office.
"If it hadn't have been wet, Potsy (Bradford coach Mick Potter) probably would have had the fire brigade down here watering it!
The Minnesota nine played in Texas the next two springs, but when Watrous was replaced by George "Potsy" Clark in 1927, the Gophers started three straight seasons with swings to Ohio and Kentucky.
In this regard he resembles Cyrus "Chutt" Chutneywala, protagonist of the collection's "Waiting for Romesh" and "Potsy and Pansy." A Wharton Business School graduate and Mellon banker overseeing accounts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Chutt is remarkably ignorant of western culture.
With a win, Colts rookie coach Jim Caldwell can tie the immortal Potsy Clark (1931 Portsmouth Spartans) for the best start by a rookie coach in the past 80 years.
* Tinseltown helped promote a teenage soda shop culture by having Richie and Potsy hang around Arnold's Drive-In five years too long.
Doris Sparks, a retired nurse, is "Hotsy Potsy," a wild red-haired character in bib overalls and a striped shirt.
The famous writer has said she cannot wait to tell the final part, and yet it will be all over at last (like its been an ordeal!) Maybe now JK has made her fortune she doesn't need Potsy anymore.
WLTM intelligent Nicole Kidman lookalike who likes books, classical music and talking about things that matter.BE MY PLAYMATESTUART 'POTSY' RIDLEY: A landscape technician, age 22, likes working hard and playing hard.