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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
Londonize .
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Examples
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One of the saddest towns: weary of its now-mechanical sensuality, weary of the tension of money, money, money, weary even of resentment and conceit, just weary to death, and still not sufficiently Americanized or Londonized to hide the weariness under a mechanical jig-jig-jig!
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He readily consented, but said there was no need of much preparation, as he should not be for staying long, for he did not wish me to be Londonized, and to lose my country freshness and originality by too much intercourse with the ladies of the world.
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Ujong -- also Londonized into Sonjeyajang -- and many others of unaccustomed sound.
From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India Arthur Louis Keyser 1890
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He called a cab and drove to Mrs. John Cormyn's, at Nataly's request, for Nesta and mademoiselle: enjoying the Londonized odour of the cab.
One of Our Conquerors — Complete George Meredith 1868
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He called a cab and drove to Mrs. John Cormyn's, at Nataly's request, for Nesta and mademoiselle: enjoying the Londonized odour of the cab.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868
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Nataly's request, for Nesta and mademoiselle: enjoying the Londonized odour of the cab.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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