penchant

• As well, neither will be the scandal Mr Beck will find himself in as soon as his penchant is exposed. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
• Indeed I am in some doubt as to whether the large-paper collector should be included here, for his penchant is as far removed from true book-collecting as is that of the specialist in bindings. —  The Book-Hunter at Home
• We're up here knocking about a little, partly to hunt, but mostly because I've a penchant, that is, a weakness for exploring out-of-the-way places. —  Canoe Mates in Canada Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan
• This penchant was confirmed by his subsequent career at Oxford, where he matriculated at sixteen, and where he strove hard but fruitlessly for scholarships and fellowships at different colleges. —  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852
• [FN#401] An illustration of the penchant is told at Shiraz concerning a certain Mujtahid, the head of the Shi'ah creed, corresponding with a prince-archbishop in Europe. —  Arabian nights. English

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