the scoop



account, acquaintance, announcement, blue book, briefing, bulletin, communication, communique, data, datum, details, directory, dispatch, dope, enlightenment,

   lord mayor - alderman, chancellor, city father, city manager, commissar, commissioner, councilman, elder, headman, legislator, magistrate, mayor, minister, minister of state, reeve,

   of great cost - dear, expensive, fancy, high, luxurious, premium, pricey, rich, steep, stiff, sumptuous, top ,

   mere notion - hint, idea, impression, inkling, intimation, notion, suggestion, suspicion ,

   keen eye - eagle eye, sharp eye, watchful eye, weather eye ,

   professor emeritus - assistant, associate, emeritus, instructor, lecturer, reader, tutor ,

   maidenhood - Platonic love, abstinence, bachelorhood, boyhood, celibacy, chastity, childhood, continence, greenness, immaturity, lateness, maidenhead, mint condition, misogyny, monasticism,

   silicate - alabaster, alcohol, asphalt, chemical, mineral ,

   to the life - faithful, lifelike, living, natural, realistic, speaking, true to life ,

   satyriasis - animality, biological urge, carnality, concupiscence, desire, eroticism, hot blood, hot pants, indecency, itch, lechery, lewdness, lust, nymphomania, obscenity,

   provide against - clear the decks, forearm, guard against, hedge, lay by, play safe, prepare, provide for, reef, squirrel away, take steps ,