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accouchement

[uh-koosh-muhnt, a-koosh-mahn] / əˈkuʃ mənt, a kuʃˈmɑ̃ /


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All such details of accouchement can be arranged in homely midwife fashion by the Director of the Bank of Scotland.

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The jargon of self-help abounds in new attitudes toward accouchement.

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Moreover, he and the Duchess, ex-Susie Potter of Chicago, had been separated since the latter's accouchement, 20 years ago.

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Long before Nicholas Jacques Charrier entered Paris, the French press, excited beyond endurance�and reason�turned his mother's accouchement into the biggest story since the ascendancy of Charles de Gaulle.

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That her literary accouchement should not be a failure, she further says: "Lord, how I've bother'd all the gods and graces, Who patronize some mortals, in such cases."

From Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George




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