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- noun an
admirer orstudent of Sappho of herpoetry
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Examples
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. . plus, wasn't she what Confidential used to call a, um, 'Sapphist'?
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The Sapphist described in the text would procure an orgasm (in gloria, as the Italians call it) by biting and rolling over the girl she loved; but by loosening the trouser-string she evidently aims at a closer tribadism the Arab
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There are a few people in fancy dress — a Queen Victoria, a Sapphist and two Generals Gordon.
The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998
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Sapphist described in the text would procure an orgasm (in gloria, as the Italians call it) by biting and rolling over the girl she loved; but by loosening the trouser-string she evidently aims at a closer tribadism the Arab "Musáhikah."
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Because by our estimation, donut diddling would probably make her more like three-quarters lesbo, while a bit of titty rubbing would be closer to maybe fifteen percent Sapphist.
CelebNewsWire 2008
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We expect more from a Sapphist and a limey, honestly.
Gawker 2008
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We expect more from a Sapphist and a limey, honestly.
Gawker 2008
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