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  • And now she teaches us how to make Mario mushrooms out of radishes which, let's face it, need fancifying for they are otherwise quite revolting.

    September 2009 Alice 2009

  • Of course, chacun son gout, but some people are just fancifying a great drink unnecessarily.

    Is There Only One Way to Make a Cocktail? - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • There he continu'd serving God, and magnifying him, and fancifying him, and meditating upon his glorious

    The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail

  • Country, and fancifying themselves themselves to be as well qualified by their Parts.

    A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt

  • "Step by step" is a good thought to hold when we reach the fancifying of the house, as we only do after days of planning, nights of waking, over the must-be's.

    The Complete Home Oliver R. [Contributor] Williamson 1907

  • Thankfully it's back Apple's good graces, and it's just been updated with more photo-fancifying features than ever.

    Gizmodo Kyle VanHemert 2010

  • Thankfully it's back Apple's good graces, and it's just been updated with more photo-fancifying features than ever.

    Gizmodo Kyle VanHemert 2010

  • Thankfully it's back Apple's good graces, and it's just been updated with more photo-fancifying features than ever.

    Gizmodo Kyle VanHemert 2010

  • When folks spend hella money and effort fancifying for the holidays when there's no party is involved and it's just family, I wonder who the heck are they trying to impress?

    monica jackson 2009

  • I saw some interesting things – designers who had taken True Religion and other high end jeans and marked them up even higher than the $250 price tag by fancifying them with their own artistry, ridiculously over-adorned t-shirts, slinky slippery sexy tops, pretty little sundresses, and that jewelry, all made by different designers, but which all look suspiciously the same – but nothing so totally swept my wedge heeled sandals right off my feet that I needed to buy another pair.

    Cha Cha Cha, Cabana Club, and Low/High Maintenance 2006

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