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  • “Or if there was a Grace called Flirtation, you could be her.”

    The Virgin's Lover Philippa Gregory 1996

  • “Or if there was a Grace called Flirtation, you could be her.”

    The Virgin's Lover Philippa Gregory 1996

  • The second edition of the flagship Twenty Year Old is subtitled "Flirtation" because, after 20 years in old Bourbon casks, it spent a further five weeks being finished in old French Mourvedre wine barrels.

    In Pictures: Thirteen Wonderful Scotch Whiskies Nick Passmore 2006

  • We at length took seats on "Flirtation," and gave ourselves up to pure enjoyment such as is found in woman's presence only.

    The colored cadet at West Point : autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy, 1878

  • We at length took seats on "Flirtation," and gave ourselves up to pure enjoyment such as is found in woman's presence only.

    Henry Ossian Flipper The Colored Cadet at West Point Flipper, Henry O 1878

  • Flirtation and affection are conceived in a pallor of exchange where anything and everything is valued against the standard of a kiss -- seemingly the only thing with any inherent value -- and sexual pleasure is only found in the other's satisfaction, or in the reconciliation of a deficit.

    Dylan Eckman: Review of Shall We Kiss? 2009

  • Flirtation has become a lost art, swept aside by the giddy pace of modern life.

    Our Miss Brooke 2009

  • Libby and the Flirtation Deflection yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Libby and the Flirtation Deflection'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Republicans deflect serious discussions of Republican corruption with blushing, giggling, females.'

    Libby and the Flirtation Deflection 2007

  • Flirtation is far too pleasant to be thinking of marriage,” she interjected.

    The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee 2007

  • Flirtation between men and women on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-day jail term; It is unlawful to walk one's cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM on Sunday; No person shall sound the horn on a vehicle at any place where cold drinks or sandwiches are served after 9:00 P.M.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

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