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knitandpurl commented on the word pernicated
A dictionary of slang and colloquial English:
abridged from the seven-volume work, entitled: Slang and its analogues
says: "swaggering, full of side" (see Google Books)August 28, 2011
knitandpurl commented on the word pernicated
"Finally she lost her temper, and threw an inkwell, shrieking in a way that didn't need translating even if Becky had known the German for "pernicated procrastinators" and "gotch-gutted Goths.""
The Tin Princess by Philip Pullman, p 130 of the 2008 Knopf paperback edition
August 28, 2011