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Cleanliness first for city romantics.


PEOPLE in Liverpool like their prospective partners to be scrubbed scrub 1  
v. scrubbed, scrub·bing, scrubs

v.tr.
1.
a. To rub hard in order to clean.

b. To remove (dirt or stains) by hard rubbing.

2.
 and polished more than anyone else in the UK, a new survey has found.

The nationwide study by Andrex revealed 66% of people questioned in the city believed cleanliness Cleanliness
See also Orderliness.

Cleverness (See CUNNING.)

Berchta

unkempt herself, demands cleanliness from others, especially children. [Ger. Folklore: Leach, 137]

cat

continually “washes” itself.
 and confidence the most attractive qualities in other people.

The survey of public confidence also revealed 25% of those quizzed feel confident enough to chat up a complete stranger, although only 14% would go bare on a nudist beach.

Liverpudlians are also the most giving people in the UK, as more than 50% pride themselves on their generosity and they are also the most likely to go Dutch Dutch  
adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture.

b. Of or relating to the Dutch language.

2. Archaic
a. German.

b.
 on a date.

Almost 90% say body odour is the most embarrassing thing other people could think of them while 80% admit that without a shower and fresh clean clothes they can't confidently face the day
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Publication:Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Date:Aug 27, 2005
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