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Word: plumper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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...that went on between them was pure, beautiful and charming. But it was quite different as soon as he thought of somebody else in his place. . . . Where had she learned such kisses?" The increasing sensuality of their relationship wore on the boy, mads him skinny, sunken-eyed. Katya grew plumper, gayer, flattered by his love and the adulation of others. So they decided to separate for a summer. Their parting was youthfully emotional, yet she took it easily, and he found himself almost happy to get away. All summer he mooned about her, seeing her in other girls, in trees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Knouts of Silence | 11/29/1926 | See Source »

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