Crossword clues for dempsey
dempsey
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
surname, from Irish Ó Diomasaigh "descendant of Diomasach," literally "proud."
Wikipedia
Dempsey is a surname of Irish origin.
Dempsey (ca. 1986 - 2003) was a female American Pit Bull Terrier who was the subject of a high-profile challenge to the British Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. She was owned by Dianne Fanneran and lived in London.
While being walked one evening in April 1992, muzzled and kept on a leash in accordance with the law, she began acting sick and her muzzle was removed, allegedly to allow her to vomit.
Two passing police officers noted the unmuzzled dog, and charged the caretaker under the Dangerous Dogs Act. Three months later, at Ealing Magistrates' Court, Dempsey was ordered to be euthanised for failing to be muzzled in a public place.
Appeals took three years before the Crown Court, the High Court and the House of Lords, during which time the media covered the story, leading activist Brigitte Bardot offered the dog sanctuary at her home in France, to avoid British law.
The case was dismissed in November 1995 on a legal technicality, as it emerged that Dempsey's owner, not involved in the original incident, was unaware the court hearing was taking place. This legal loophole meant the case was thrown out.
Dempsey was reprieved, and died at the age of 17 in 2003.
Dempsey is both a surname and a given name.
Dempsey may also refer to:
Dempsey is a 1983 TV movie based on the life of the heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey that starred Treat Williams and Sally Kellerman.
Usage examples of "dempsey".
My first reaction after the attack was to believe that Dempsey had been some kind of poison-fanged, unnaturally strong monster.
Their short, erotic honeymoon took place that same night in a white cottage across the street from the tiny Jack Dempsey Museum in Manassa, Colorado.
My focus had slipped for an instant, and Dempsey took advantage of it.
When he was within reaching distance, Dempsey grabbed his shirt and pulled his face up to his own.
Colonel Dempsey died, he drafted him into service and gave him a field commission of colonel.
I also want to thank the talented authors who took time away from their own projects to offer their honest criticism of mine: Joanne Barnes, Taylor Chase, Diana Dempsey, Lisa Hughey, Malia Martin, Monica McLean, and Sonia Rossney.
I speak of this to Ambrose Hammer, he says that being Jack Dempsey is entirely a false complex for Cecil, brought on mainly by Cecil taking a few belts at the Golden Slipper liquor during the evening.
I see many a hard puncher in my day including Dempsey when he really can punch, but I never see a harder punch than Rusty Charley gives this horse.
Michael Dempsey who demonstrated that, on a bad night, it can take more than one Irishman to screw in a light bulb.
There was an additional note to the effect that Dempsey had also worked for an escort agency and had been questioned after a foreign businessman “.
He's been a very healthy dog so far, and it's my experience that a mutt like Dempsey is going to last a lot longer than some over-bred hound.
Would Jazz have joined them, or was he tucked up in bed with Ellen Dempsey?
Indeed, Dempsey made the wireless operator send a message offering to join the battle.