Looking back, even the flushing toilet in “European Son” seems spot on.
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So, let the basketball and football fans keep following their off seasons, and all the baseball fans will be heading to Flushing.
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“We joked about just flushing the toilets, over and over again, just because we can,” she said.
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In the red corner: Harvey Weinstein, originally from Flushing, New York.
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A Stephen King of the Flushing housing projects and the blighted East Bay, Victor LaValle is a master of comic-gothic noir.
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"It wouldn't be fair to take it for that," said Ray, flushing.
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"It will be another honeymoon," she said, flushing with pleasure.
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Wewe thought you had forgotten us, she added, flushing a little.
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It is just a matter of draining and flushing until most, if not all, of the sediment is washed out.
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"I don't mean to be ungenerous or yet ungrateful," replied Garth a bit stiffly, flushing under the girl's reproachful eyes.
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British Dictionary definitions for Flushing (1 of 2)
flushing
/ (ˈflʌʃɪŋ) /
noun
an extra feeding given to ewes before mating to increase the lambing percentage
British Dictionary definitions for Flushing (2 of 2)
Flushing
/ (ˈflʌʃɪŋ) /
noun
a port in the SW Netherlands, in Zeeland province, on Walcheren Island, at the mouth of the West Scheldt river: the first Dutch city to throw off Spanish rule (1572). Pop: 45 000 (2003 est)Dutch name: Vlissingen