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  • Newington Causeway, quite "permiscuous," as Mrs. Gamp would say.

    Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Charles Maurice Davies 1869

  • With respect to risk, the discount theory is enhanced because the demographic that preferrs to smoke is also the same demographic that preferrs more dangerous jobs and lifestyles. there was a social report made that suggested that women who smoke are more permiscuous than non smokers.

    When a Pack of Cigarettes Costs $222 - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • Fact is, Palin's one of these nutters that rail against Planned Parenthood and permiscuous teens all the while professing "abstinence only" sex ed.

    Polls Show No Convention Bounce Yet For McCain 2009

  • Mrs. Cluppins then resumed — ‘I walked in, gentlemen, just to say good – mornin’, and went, in a permiscuous manner, upstairs, and into the back room.

    The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 2007

  • Guess they changed it as the culture has become more accepting of permiscuous behavior.

    Family Friendly "Ugly Betty" Justin Van De Kamp 2007

  • It's this battle between having permiscuous (wow, never thought I would use that word to describe myself) sex, and then feeling shitty about wanting that.

    mesocyclone Diary Entry mesocyclone 2007

  • And as you don't know nothing about this gentleman, and wouldn't know him if you met him in the street permiscuous, I take it you'll have to wait to see what he looks like till he turns up again of his own accord.

    Austin and His Friends Frederic H. Balfour

  • Well, sah, dat aft'noon, mars'r Mainwaring an 'de folks had gone out ridin', an 'I was roun' kind o 'permiscuous like, an' I see anoder kerridge way down de av'nue by de front gate, an '

    That Mainwaring Affair

  • I misdoubt anythin 'will come av permiscuous huntin' afther peacockses in a desolit lan '; an' I know that I will lie down an 'die wid thirrrst.

    Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • I misdoubt anythin 'will come av permiscuous huntin' afther peacockses in a desolit lan '; an' I know that I will lie down an 'die wid thirrrst.

    Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

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