1. The neck is also mahogany, with a thickish rosewood fingerboard harbouring twenty frets.

2. I aim to achieve a thickish pouring sauce, but not a poultice.

3. The tremolo is a vintage style, spring-loaded affair in the Fender tradition, with a thickish chrome bar.

4. Once all the oil in, if your mixture is too thick (you are aiming for a thickish pouring consistency), add a little warm water.

5. Line two baking trays with baking parchment then oil a thickish handle of a wooden spoon and lay it on a cooling rack.

6. Then I heard footsteps on a stairs, and in a moment the thickish figure of a woman blocked out the light from the office door.