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scorcher

1. n. a very hot day. This is really a scorcher, isn’t it?

2. n. a caustic remark. Bob made a real scorcher about Tom’s shoes.

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Harley Davidson (NYSE: HOG), a Wisconsin-based motorcycle manufacturer, is equipping its motorcycles in India with Michelin Scorcher tyres.

Harley Davidson India to equip motorcycles with Michelin Scorcher tyres

We were very close to the record and it was an absolute scorcher," he said.

Hot weather just runs out of steam

MICHAEL CARBERRY helped deny Brett Lee the fairy-tale finish to his career in an incredible Big Bash final win for the Perth Scorchers.

CARBS BASHES BRETT'S BIG FINISH; CRICKET WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN

Luaus, poolside parties, and hip-hop rule at this five-day scorcher.

Gay events of color: there may be a paucity of African-Americans at traditional LGBT destinations and events, but in the last decade many queer people of color have banded together to celebrate their lives, sprouting a cottage industry of black gay events

IT'S OFFICIALLY a scorcher - thermometer bulbs were bursting across Cardiff yesterday as meteorologists recorded the highest April temperature in the city since records began.

Record-breaking Easter sunshine

I remember the day that I left Talladega; it was a typical mid-August scorcher.

A poet's migration. (poetic license)

The scorcher in this category is the IPS Millenium Fund, which is a multi-cap fund because it invests in all three company sizes.

Hot Funds in the Summertime

Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas's scorcher, American Rhapsody, is even more intriguing than his scripts for Basic Instinct, Showgirls and Jagged Edge.

Star revelations

If the trend continues, 2000 may go down in history as another scorcher.

Gas Garbage?

generator, the Scorcher 225, manufactured for MQ, Carson, Calif.

MQ Power's new welder/generator

MIDDLESBROUGH Empire's new weekly club night Feet First, held every Thursday, welcomes SCORCHER this week.

Clubbing:

THIS weekend is set to be a scorcher with tomorrow likely to be the hottest day of the year.

Temperatures start to soar; 60second briefing

Macdonald hit a left-foot scorcher and a right-footed tap-in either side of Nathan Elder's goal for the Bees.

BRENTFORD 4 GRIMSBY 0; Coca-Cola LEAGUE 2

John Moore smashed a 25-yard scorcher into the net, but it was overruled for offside.

Football: Cammell Laird 2 Warrington T 0

Their new LP Too Much Guitar on In The Red is a scorcher as well, all dirty soul and Tennessee stomp.