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Kids are not usually peer-pressured into being badin fact, todays children of all ages pride themselves on not pressing their values onto others.
Childhood Unbound Ron Taffel 2009
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Kids are not usually peer-pressured into being badin fact, todays children of all ages pride themselves on not pressing their values onto others.
Childhood Unbound Ron Taffel 2009
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(In fact, much of the 3-D character animation for Walt Disney World's upcoming Mickey's PhilharMagic was so badin particular Ariel from The Little Mermaidit had to be reanimated by 2-D animators, then transferred into the computer.)
Boing Boing: August 24, 2003 - August 30, 2003 Archives 2003
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Avec les hommes, un maintien respectueux et en meme tems respectable; avec les femmes, un caquet leger, enjoue, et badin, mais toujours fort poli.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Mme. de Sevigne finds Voiture "libre, badin, charmant," and disposes of his critics by saying, "So much the worse for those who do not understand him."
The Women of the French Salons Amelia Ruth Gere Mason
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If ye were caught takin 'off even yere hats here without puttin' on a badin 'dress, ye'd be dragged before the Mayor and Lord
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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Added to these absurdities there were, moreover, bows of ribbon, each of which had its appropriate name and position; the galant was placed on the summit of the head; the mignon on the heart; the favori under and near the assassin; and the badin on the handle of the fan.
The Life of Marie de Medicis Pardoe, Julia 1890
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This rôle, -- that of the _badin_ in France, the _gracioso_ in Spain,
Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875
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Avec les hommes, un maintien respectueux et en meme tems respectable; avec les femmes, un caquet leger, enjoue, et badin, mais toujours fort poli '.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1750 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Avec les hommes, un maintien respectueux et en meme tems respectable; avec les femmes, un caquet leger, enjoue, et badin, mais toujours fort poli '.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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