the word 'cellar door'

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over 3 years ago traui said
over 3 years ago abraxaszugzwang said
do you guys think that this is the most beautiful pairing of words in the English language? If not, what do you think is?

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Out of the hen house the Rats had eaten a hole at each side of the cellar door at the bottom.
—Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher
To-night I took occasion with the vintner's man, who came by my direction to taste again my tierce of claret, to go down to the cellar with him to consult about the drawing of it; and there, to my great vexation, I find that the cellar door hath long been kept unlocked, and above half the wine drunk.
—The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1663
He then rapped over the cellar door on the house side, to notify the one who had entered the house to look for me that I was in the cellar.
—Narrative of the Life and Adventures of an American Slave Written by Himself

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Cellar door has been looked up 329 times, favorited 6 times, listed 19 times, commented on 25 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.

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