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He was a stoutening, ruddy Jew of about thirty-five, with an expressive face under smooth sandy hair — and, no doubt, in most business gatherings his personality would have been considered ingratiating.
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Really, I can't waste my time fattening refined gold and stoutening the lily.
Once a Week 1919
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He was a stoutening, ruddy Jew of about thirty-five, with an expressive face under smooth sandy hair -- and, no doubt, in most business gatherings his personality would have been considered ingratiating.
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Ysabeau leaned back in her great chair -- a handsome woman, stoutening now from gluttony and from too much wine -- and regarded her prisoner with lazy amiability, and devoted the silence to consideration of how scantily the man had changed.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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"Death!" croaked Adam Orleton, who sat to the right hand, and, "Young de Spencer's death!" amended the Earl of March, with wild laughter; but Ysabeau leaned back in her great chair -- a handsome woman, stoutening now from gluttony and from too much wine, -- and regarded her prisoner with lazy amiability.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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He’d see Elizabeth, study her slowly till he found her old nickname and a smile broke loose, “Jimmy, Lord God, didn’t know you at first—you stoutening up so good I didn’t know you!”
CLEAR PICTURES REYNOLDS PRICE 1988
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He’d see Elizabeth, study her slowly till he found her old nickname and a smile broke loose, “Jimmy, Lord God, didn’t know you at first—you stoutening up so good I didn’t know you!”
CLEAR PICTURES REYNOLDS PRICE 1988
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