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- verb Present participle of
poussette .
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Examples
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Joe Willet rode leisurely along in his desponding mood, picturing the locksmith's daughter going down long country-dances, and poussetting dreadfully with bold strangers -- which was almost too much to bear -- when he heard the tramp of a horse's feet behind him, and looking back, saw a well-mounted gentleman advancing at a smart canter.
Barnaby Rudge Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1892
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Joe Willet rode leisurely along in his desponding mood, picturing the locksmith's daughter going down long country-dances, and poussetting dreadfully with bold strangers -- which was almost too much to bear -- when he heard the tramp of a horse's feet behind him, and looking back, saw
Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty Charles Dickens 1841
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JOE WILLET rode leisurely along in his desponding mood, picturing the locksmith's daughter going down long country-dances, and poussetting dreadfully with bold strangers -- which was almost too much to bear -- when he heard the tramp of a horse's feet behind him, and looking back, saw a well-mounted gentleman advancing at a smart canter.
Barnaby Rudge 1840
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Joe Willet rode leisurely along in his desponding mood, picturing the locksmith’s daughter going down long country – dances, and poussetting dreadfully with bold strangers — which was almost too much to bear — when he heard the tramp of a horse’s feet behind him, and looking back, saw a well – mounted gentleman advancing at a smart canter.
Barnaby Rudge 2007
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