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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as plumbery.

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Examples

  • She is too sweet: she would invent the art of petting and cosseting and of coining tender little names, if this matrimonial sugar-plummery had not existed ever since the

    Analytical Studies Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • She is too sweet: she would invent the art of petting and cosseting and of coining tender little names, if this matrimonial sugar-plummery had not existed ever since the

    Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • She is too sweet: she would invent the art of petting and cosseting and of coining tender little names, if this matrimonial sugar-plummery had not existed ever since the

    Petty Troubles of Married Life Honor�� de Balzac 1824

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