Commonly, the surgeons view nonsurgeons with disdain. The most disdain is directed toward the “shrinks” or the “spooks,” as the psychiatrists are called.

Adam appreciated Ann Arbor's “unmalled” downtown daily springing to life, people afoot, independent restaurants, bookstores, local shops, and all the rest making a city's core—large or small—a vibrant place.

Milton's command of blank verse exceeds even Shakespeare's.

an agistment of sea banks (i.e. charge for banks or dikes)