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- verb Present participle of
prim .
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Examples
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Maybe you have guilds based on actual SL skills; primming, animation, scripting, texture work, etc.
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After a little time, in which my air, person and whole figure had undergone a strict examination, which I had, on my part, tried to render favourable to me, by primming, drawing up my neck, and setting my best looks, she advanced and spoke to me with the greatest demureness:
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Eva responded in like vein, primming her face so that she stared impassively ahead: it truly was a most pretty morning.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Eva responded in like vein, primming her face so that she stared impassively ahead: it truly was a most pretty morning.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Jo stood aloof, meanwhile, trying to harden her heart against him, and succeeding only in primming up her face into an expression of entire disapprobation.
Little Women 1921
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Then pulled herself together as the landlady in curled fringe and long grey ulster entered the room, primming long, thin lips.
The Privet Hedge J. E. Buckrose 1899
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"I told Ma that she had on bracelets, and Ma said she feared your cousin was a worldly person," retorted Cecy, primming up her lips.
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"I told Ma that she had on bracelets, and Ma said she feared your cousin was a worldly person," retorted Cecy, primming up her lips.
What Katy Did Susan Coolidge 1870
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'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.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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'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.
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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