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Definition of Primming
1. prim [v] - See also: prim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primming
Literary usage of Primming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1851)
"... an audience was requested by her immaculate handmaid, Mrs. Hannah, who, with
much primming of the mouth', and many maidenly hesitations, requested leave ..."
2. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"'In my Case you will please to speak the truth,' said Diana, and beheld in the
looking-glass the primming of her maid's mouth. The sight shot a sting. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1830)
"And then there was A primming round the mouth, of odious cast, Bespeaking the
proud vacancy within. Now for the sermon. O ye ruling Powers Of Poesy Sublime, ..."
4. Chronicles of the Canongate by Walter Scott (1827)
"... bead-roll of her proposed charities, and assuming a very sage look, and primming
up her little chattering mouth, she went on in a different tone— " But, ..."
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