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Word: piquing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1946-1946
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...Minnow, little Minnow, don't cry!" murmured Alexander Reither, whose "cream-colored piqué vest . . . revealed . . . the odd attractiveness that. . . made him a notorious breaker of hearts." "Loneliness," he assured Minnow, "is something you need not be afraid of! Not with your figure!" Minnow pocketed faithless Lover Reither's generous parting check, and burst into tears. "Oh, Alexander. . . .Oh, my darling, my Only. . . . Life is like a railway platform.... Au revoir, my dear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wiener Schnitzel | 1/21/1946 | See Source »

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