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To hear McConnell fret that the federal deficit has ballooned to $1.19 trillion is to listen to the prattle of a demimondaine who is powdering the nose and negotiating the fee.— Clipmarks | Live Clips
BrE débrêe or dèbrêe, AmE dəbrêe débutant male dèbyûtàn or débyûtàn débutante female dèbyûtànt or débyûtànt décolletage noun, décolleté male, décolletée female daycoletàzh, daycoletây décor dâycor dégringolade dây-gráng-go-làd degustation-a tasting of foods or wines in a series of small portions dây-gù-stá-ssión de haut en bas də-ôwàn-bà déjà vu dâyzhà-vû deluxe, de luxe də-lúxe, də-lûxe demimondaine démimon-dâne demimonde démimonde demi-sec démi-séc dénouement dây-noûmon dépôt— Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
In last spring's fit of bibliotaphic acquisition (a mania that, parenthetically, continues to hold me in its thrall), I bought around five books on the world of the Parisian demimondaine: those women kept by men of society, money and the arts in during the belle époque.— pretty dumb things
Usually, after the first month or two, they shed these respectable, middle-class habiliments for what they fondly believed to be smart Paris costumes; and you could almost invariably tell a good, moral, church-going matron of the Middle West by the fact that she was got up like a demimondaine of the second class, in the naďve belief that she looked French and chic The three Hubbells were thoroughly nice people.— Gigolo
a tasting of foods or wines in a series of small portions dây-gù-stá-ssión de haut en bas də-ôwàn-bà déjà vu dâyzhà-vû deluxe, de luxe də-lúxe, də-lûxe demi-glace démi-gláce demimondaine démimon-dâne demimonde démimonde demoiselle dəmwazél dénouement dây-noûmon département daypàrtmon derailleur dayrî-yër déraciné, déracinée dayrácinay dérange derânge de rigueur dərigër - hard g dernier cri dãirny-ãir-crêe derrière— Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]

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