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habitué

[huh-bich-oo-ey, -bich-oo-ey, a-bee-twey] / həˈbɪtʃ uˌeɪ, -ˌbɪtʃ uˈeɪ, a biˈtweɪ /


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The older painter, though remaining a salon habitué, lent a Morisot painting he owned to the show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

“Cerberus of the Upper East Side,” is how Peter Bacanovic, a tech executive and longtime Mortimer’s habitué, recently characterized the man.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

Isaac’s character, William Tell, is, as the title declares, a professional gambler, a habitué of casinos, an expert at counting cards.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021

Her first love, a fellow marsh habitué who sweetly teaches her to read and write, does not return for her as promised once he leaves for college.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2019

"Not half bad," he seemed to say,—this blasé old habitué of the thicket music-halls.

From Dwellers in the Hills by Post, Melville Davisson




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