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Definition of Pettinesses
1. pettiness [n] - See also: pettiness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pettinesses
Literary usage of Pettinesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Women of Tomorrow by William Hard (1911)
"The woman voiced a great truth who said that the soul which can irradiate the
numberless pettinesses of home management (and it is folly to deny that there ..."
2. Sex: Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English by Henry Stanton (1922)
"If love in its relation to sex be conceived in this manner, it will purify it by
doing away with its pettinesses and it is just into these pettinesses that ..."
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