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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
prim .
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Examples
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Madame Roux made quite a pretty picture with her delicate nose firmly in the air, her eminently kissable lips primmed into a forbidding line, and her big blue eyes taking care to look at everything but him.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Madame Roux made quite a pretty picture with her delicate nose firmly in the air, her eminently kissable lips primmed into a forbidding line, and her big blue eyes taking care to look at everything but him.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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It all just felt whitewashed to death, like something primmed for display in Times Square.
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Dusting her hands, her lips primmed into a satisfied smirk, she marched back to her desk.
Hot For Him Mayberry, Sarah 2007
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I greatly disliked being primmed and scolded, and I thought dressing up an awful bore, and never going out without a chaperone a greater one.
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I didn't get all primped and primmed to have an overfed pompous puff ball tell me he's too good for me.
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Her arms were folded, her mouth primmed into an expression of respect, mingled with obstinacy, her whole mind apparently bent up to the solemn interview.
Old Mortality 2004
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She primmed up her mouth tighter and tighter, puckering it as if it were sewed, in her effort to keep her will uppermost.
The Fox 2003
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Thomas primmed up his face, and Sebastian drew himself up stiffly, interrupting her train of thought with their posing.
The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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She looked up and saw Priscilla and primmed her lips in disapproval.
Death of a Charming Man Beaton, M. C. 1994
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