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- adjective rare Not
piqued .
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Examples
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Gibbon was a bit of a romanticist, as all historians are, and he no doubt thought it would be a fine denouement to life's play to capture the daughter of his old sweetheart, and avenge himself on Fate and the unembarrassed Madame Necker and the unpiqued husband, all at one fell stroke -- and she would not be dowerless either.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women Elbert Hubbard 1885
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Gibbon was a bit of a romanticist, as all historians are, and he no doubt thought it would be a fine denouement to life's play to capture the daughter of his old sweetheart, and avenge himself on Fate and the unembarrassed Madame Necker and the unpiqued husband, all at one fell stroke ” and she would not be dowerless either.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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