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Chris: Clean up your act; MUSIC.


COLDPLAY frontman front·man  
n.
1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority.

2. Music A leading singer with a group.
 Chris Martin will never trash a hotel room - because he used to clean them.

The British rocker refuses to follow in the footsteps of other musicians by deliberately damaging hotel rooms after learning how to respect them during his teens.

Martin, 31, said: "When you're a cleaner and you walk into a trashed room, it's truly annoying.

"All you want to do is go on your tea break. Spare a thought for the poor schmuck schmuck also shmuck  
n. Slang
A clumsy or stupid person; an oaf.



[Yiddish shmok, penis, fool, probably from Polish smok, serpent, tail.]

Noun 1.
 cleaning the room."
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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Aug 21, 2008
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