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But in his talk there was no pompous triads, and little more than a fair proportion of words in "osity" and
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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"Ay -- your cur'osity's a troublesome inmate, and will never be quiet as long as one tries to keep it under hatches; especially female cur'osity.
Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Georgia thought her heartbreak-osity troubles were over when Masimo announced that he wanted to be her one and only.
Love Is a Many Trousered Thing by Louise Rennison: Book summary 2010
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Television ratings for the National Football League soared impressively this season, despite the absence of Luminous Favre-osity, and a gloomy campaign from the Dallas Cowboys, who failed to represent Texas in February's Super Bowl Extravaganza at the Jerry Jones Car Wash/Fitness Center.
What to Expect From the NFL's Postseason Jason Gay 2011
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The good impression which had been produced by his gener - osity and by his democratic manners was increased by a reputa - tion gained for utter indifference to danger.
Chennai 2010
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This concentrated dose of cute-osity will last me until 2020.
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Hamoza: yes, I think that much tattoo-osity clashes with most clothing.
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He needs to make sure that Graham's supposed gay-osity isn't the reason behind his supposed traitor-ism?
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It's part and parcel of the same supposed liberalism that seeks to limit African Americans to a minstrel show of "oh-woe-is-me-ism" and "we-shall-overcome-osity."
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All papers must henceforth be submitted to j mct who will check them for “anecdotal-osity” and verify that their empirical-ness meets his standards before they are published.
Matthew Yglesias » The Inconvenient Truth: Inconvenient! 2007
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