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  • cuddle. (archaic) To huddle. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, e.g. in William Allingham, The ballad book: a selection of the choicest British ballads, Sever...
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  • the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
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  • two objects in the universe which are precisely alike. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
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  • evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred. [from 17th c.] 1963, Margery Allingham, “The Elopers”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
    3 KB (186 words) - 18:10, 2 June 2024
  • which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
    11 KB (300 words) - 14:37, 25 June 2024
  • expression not of physiology but of cosmology. Enchanting. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
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  •  […], →OCLC: Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
    5 KB (455 words) - 12:05, 2 June 2024
  • reasonable, ethical. Marked by refinement in taste and manners. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
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  • →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]: Assemble we immediate council. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
    6 KB (427 words) - 11:43, 6 June 2024
  • up to each other but kept just out of fighting distance? 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
    1 KB (138 words) - 13:16, 3 February 2024
  • hidden treasure to those who catch them. 1888, William Allingham, “The Lepracaun; or Fairy Shoemaker”, in William Butler Yeats, editor, Irish Fairy and Folk...
    5 KB (357 words) - 20:07, 8 June 2024
  • innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
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  • lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
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  • →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]: We will resemble you in that. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
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  • Fields, →OCLC: a crowd of eager and curious schoolboys 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
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  • owner's death. After Grandad died, I inherited the house. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
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  • never hurt you. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
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  • the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
    12 KB (412 words) - 23:06, 15 July 2024
  • within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: […] 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
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  • Ireland) IPA(key): /tʉk/ Rhymes: -ʊk took simple past of take 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus...
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