Word: curtsier
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...consider the elbowing at the most elaborate California dinner parties. "People consider it chic to arrive late," says Wallis Annenberg, stepdaughter of the celebrated curtsier. "This is the land of the grand entrance, and God forbid that the audience isn't assembled when one arrives." In a variant ploy, the guest arrives on time but then immediately asks to use the telephone for "an urgent business conference" and disappears for an hour...
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