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The Exquisite. A collection of tales, histories and essays … choose

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[UK] Exquisite II:61 8/2: Two ivory globes / Are seen to be quiv’ring like ‘blanc mange,’ or jelly.
at globe, n.
[UK] Exquisite 62 16/2: ‘Madam,’ said a husband to a lady in whose garden he was walking, ‘I should much like to pay a visit to your gro(o)ve of sweet retirement’ .
at groove, n.1
[UK] Exquisite 62 16/2: ‘Sir, I would not touch your wife even with a pair of tongs.’ ‘You took good care to stir her with the poker,’ was the answer .
at poker, n.1
[UK] Exquisite 62 16/2: ‘Sir, I would not touch your wife even with a pair of tongs’.
at wouldn’t touch it with a pair of tongs under touch, v.1
[UK] Exquisite II:61 8/2: And after they’d poked her, / Tickled, touzled and stroked her.
at touzle, v.
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