dainty
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Residents in the area said that following Storm Christoph, flood defences were placed outside the doors but this time Ms Dainty said the water came through the floor which made the defences "useless".
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2025
Burgos, a resident of North Hollywood, is a licensed optician — she describes herself as an essential healthcare worker — and co-owner of a murder mystery theater company called Dainty Dames Events.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024
Driven by her mother, a thwarted actress, Ms. Withers debuted on the vaudeville stage at 2 and by 4 had her own radio show in Atlanta billed as “Dixie’s Dainty Dewdrop.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2021
It was a theme also plumbed by Cottweiler, designed by Matthew Dainty and Ben Cottrell.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2019
In The Wizard of Oz—the book, not the movie—Dorothy goes to this place called the Dainty China Country, and all the people are tiny and perfect.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
Vocabulary lists containing dainty
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