mordant
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Mordant jokes about his politically unlucky surname aside, Harris has a vaguely Clintonite or Obama-esque manner and is given to documenting his every encounter on social media.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024
The leader of the Commons Penny Mordant described her suggestion as "interesting".
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2024
“I’ve never been so consciously influenced by my being Catholic,” said Catherine Mordant, 46 years old, a stay-at-home mother of four children who voted for Mr. Fillon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2017
Mordant sarcasm is the idiom of Cynthia and her friends.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2010
Mordant with 3 per cent Bichromate of Potash and boil wool in it for 1-1/2 hours.
From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Mairet, Ethel M.
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