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biddable

bi duh buhl

  • s  willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest

  • This also helps explain why nearly all Thai schizophrenics are quiet and "biddable.
  • With two biddable suits and rosy game prospects, Goren opened one club to give Sobel a chance to reply at the one level in case she held a weak hand.
  • Sir To my mind, your reporting on Australia March 26 was pretty accurate, but I cannot accept your patronizing comment that Australia used to be just a biddable child.
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  • Anne Enright in Times Online
    Well, nobody told me to write a grim book,Enright says. "I've never been biddable as a writer. If someone did tell me what to write, it just wouldn't work when I got to my desk. So they can say what they like, really. My business is to...
  • Jilly Cooper in BBC News
    He is the most charming, biddable, sweet-natured, perfect pet I've ever come across,Ms Cooper said in a statement. "It is an absolute tragedy that thousands are killed in England and Ireland every year."

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