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18 Cards in this Set
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a canopy |
a cloth covering suspended over a bed |
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four-poster |
a bed with a post at each corner supporting a canopy |
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an ethereality |
being extremely light or delicate/being heavenly or otherwordly |
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crisp |
notably sharp, clean-cut and clear |
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hitched up |
pulled up |
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to copulate |
have sexual intercourse |
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a stroke |
a single unbroken movement |
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to titillate |
to excite pleasurably, arouse by stimulation |
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a frivolity |
lack of seriousness |
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superfluous |
beyond what is needed, not necessary |
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mothballs |
balls used to keep moths from clothing |
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punitive |
inflicting, involving or aiming at punishment |
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tufted |
having a bunch of soft fluffy threads |
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stifled |
withholded from expression |
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expel |
eject, force out |
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ailing |
having or suffering from an illness or injury |
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to contaminate |
to infect by contact or association |
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effigy |
an image or representation of a person (often a hated person) |
