moue

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  • A final moue, a moue that conveyed a soupçon of regret, but—more pertinently—made plain how much I would miss her spoonful of sugar in my coffee. —  FSFMagazine,July2007
  • She pursed her lips, fashioning, if not a moue, at least not a neigh. —  Roc and a Hard Place
  • The man at the desk shrugged a Frenchie shrug and made a moue, his pointed mustache turned up at the ends. —  F ;SF - vol 101 issue 03 - September 2001
  • Others deny it grounding theire opinion vpon Scripture, which affirmes the earth to stand fast, so as it cannot bee moued; and vpon Sence, because wee perceaue it not to moue, and lastly vpon reasons drawne from things hurled vp, and let fall vpon the earth. —  A Briefe Introduction to Geography
  • By the line (_CEB_) it cannot moue: for when it is come to (_E_,) it will stand still. —  A Briefe Introduction to Geography
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  1. French, from Old French moe, of Germanic origin.
 

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