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  • Since holding her in the crook of my arm last summer, not only does she look very “poodly,” she looks very grown-upish.

    Self-Indulgence « educating alice 2009

  • Now that they are all grown upish I use the library a lot less, though, but I definitely appreciate that it's there.

    Libraries...is the magic gone? Lori Devoti 2009

  • She had never been as striking, as stand-upish as Aileen, though possibly she might have more sense.

    The Titan Theodore Dreiser 1908

  • Once when they were practicing in his back yard, we went out on her back dock to listen (trying to be grown-upish) and both fell off, into shallow water and mud.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Once when they were practicing in his back yard, we went out on her back dock to listen (trying to be grown-upish) and both fell off, into shallow water and mud.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Once when they were practicing in his back yard, we went out on her back dock to listen (trying to be grown-upish) and both fell off, into shallow water and mud.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Once when they were practicing in his back yard, we went out on her back dock to listen (trying to be grown-upish) and both fell off, into shallow water and mud.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Once when they were practicing in his back yard, we went out on her back dock to listen (trying to be grown-upish) and both fell off, into shallow water and mud.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Once when they were practicing in his back yard, we went out on her back dock to listen (trying to be grown-upish) and both fell off, into shallow water and mud.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Once when they were practicing in his back yard, we went out on her back dock to listen (trying to be grown-upish) and both fell off, into shallow water and mud.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

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