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«[She was] dressed in a peignoir of beige lace with a blonde wig above false eyelashes-a kind of Mt Rushmore of the cosmetician's art.»
«What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.»
Author: Hitopadesa | Keywords: gnaw, gnaw at, King He, Laces
«Shut up and lace up.»
Author: L. M. Heroux | Keywords: lace, laced, Laces, lace up
«It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly holes.»
«Speak to me of the dark gifts, I use them, I`m gentleman death in silk and lace, come to put out the candles.»
«To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuffbox, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back»
«Older women can afford to agree that femininity is a charade, a matter of colored hair, ecru lace and whalebones, the kind of slap and tat that transvestites are in love with, and no more.»
«Many an Irish property was increased by the lace of a daughter's petticoat.»
Author: Irish Proverb | Keywords: increased, lace, laced, Laces, lace up
«Greek, Sir, . . . is like lace; every man gets as much of it as he can.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: laced, Laces, lace up