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brake ferns, any of various ferns with remotely compound ferns;ferns growing close together.
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proffered, offered for acceptance.
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grub, larva of insect, caterpillar, maggot.
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curtsying, feminine salutation by bending knees and lowering body.
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“the sauce to meat is ceremony.” Ceremony adds relish to a meal. A certain amount of formality makes the meal more enjoyable.
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Scotch thanes, in Scotland, members of a rank between ordinary freemen and hereditary nobles.
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“punky,” having rotten wood.
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incubating eggs, hatching eggs by sitting on them.
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“bring home the bacon,” return home with the food that he has gone forth to seek; return home in victory.
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staccato, abrupt and sharp.
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reverberated, echoed.
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her provider, her husband, the one who secures food for the family.
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peremptorily, stubbornly; commandingly; dictatorially.
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tilting, turning up at a sharp angle.
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flounced, went with violent or agitated motion.
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high-keyed coaxing, persuasion in a high tone of voice.
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fishwife, woman selling fish, noted for her ability to scold.
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loafing, spending time in idleness.
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craning, stretching the neck forward like a crane.
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woodpeckership, a humorous title given to the woodpecker, supposing him to be dignified and of high rank.
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drizzle, fine, dense drops of rain.
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downpour, heavy fall of rain.
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Mephistophelean, like Mephistopheles, in the German Faust legend, the personification of the devil, to whom Faust sells his soul.
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immemorial, ancient beyond memory, very old.
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cocked, stuck up jauntily or defiantly.
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