in olden times



early, long ago, long since, previously ,

   power struggle - authority, beef, black power, brute force, charge, charisma, clout, cogency, compulsion, dint, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness, energy,

   half-pint - cramped, dinky, exiguous, limited, little, petite, piddling, poky, puny, short, slight, small ,

   oneself - I, alter, alter ego, better self, ego, ethical self, he, her, herself, him, himself, inner man, inner self, it, me,

   soaping - ablution, douche, enema, flush, irrigation, rinse, rinsing, scouring, scrub, shampoo, sponge, sponging, wash, washing, washout ,

   twinkly - blinking, glimmering, glistening, glittering, scintillating, shimmering, sparkling, tinselly, twinkling ,

   crossed fingers - casuistry, emptiness, insincerity, mockery, sophistry, tongue in cheek ,

   subterranean - buried, cave, cavern, grotto, underground ,

   amok - abandoned, attack, bellowing, berserk, carried away, convulsion, delirious, demoniac, desperate, distracted, ecstatic, enraptured, feral, ferocious, fever,

   full force - authority, beef, black power, brunt, brute force, charge, charisma, clout, cogency, compulsion, dint, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness,

   upped - amplified, enlarged, expanded, extended, increased, raised, widened ,