"refer" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The common council to which Tweed had first been elected had been jocularly referred to as The Forty Thieves.
- Clemens has jocularly referred to this pitch as "Mr. Splitty."
- This is sometimes jocularly referred to as the "two man bench press".
- Those who choose not to be openly known as such are sometimes jocularly referred to as "ninjas".
- Because many of these products are popular with young American professionals, the conflict has been jocularly referred to as the "yuppie trade war."
- A haircut may also be jocularly referred to as a branchage.
- The difficulty in reproducing elsewhere the taste of the beers has led to the premier beer being jocularly referred to as Ruddles Counterfeit.
- Several games between bad teams, particularly poor in play quality, have been jocularly referred to as Toilet Bowls or, in professional football, as Draft Bowls.
- The UNP was jocularly referred to at this time as the 'Uncle Nephew Party'.
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