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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Australian scarabæid beetle, Schizorrhina australasiæ.
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In the immediate aftermath of the liberalizing Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), Catholic traditionalists, with their attachment to the Latin Mass, fiddle-back vestments, clerical supremacy, and the entire culture of the Counter-Reformation, were rebels.
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She perched upon a fiddle-back and the priest returned to the sofa.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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She perched upon a fiddle-back and the priest returned to the sofa.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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"fiddle-back" pattern, are the conspicuous pieces of furniture; rich old cabinets stand against the walls, and oddly shaped earthern jars are ranged on shelves.
Child-life in Art 1893
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