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| chiffon - A fabric of sheer silk or rayon "Big Mamma has on a black and white figured chiffon." riotous - Participating in or inciting to riot or uproar "The large irregular patterns, like the markings of some massive animal, the luster of her great diamonds and many pearls, the brilliants set in the silver frames of her glasses, her riotous voice, booming voice, have dominated the room since she entered." grotesque - Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance "The pause is broken only by a short startled scruples-An uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action "I let many chances slip by because of scruples about it, scruples, convention-crap....all that stuff is bull, bull, bull!"laugh from Margaret, the only one there who is conscious of and amused by the grotesque poontang - Sexual intercourse with a woman "I ast you, Brick, if you was cuttin' you'self a piece o' poontang last night on that cinder track?" amiably - Friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured and likable "He smiles vaguely and amiably at his father across his replenished drink." gook - Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or descent "...I'm tellin' you, son, those gooks over there, they gouge your eyeballs out in their grand hotels." |
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