dainty
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Ms Dainty said she was currently living upstairs in her home due to having no support from the council or letting agents, as their home is owned by HS2.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2025
Burgos, a resident of North Hollywood, is a licensed optician — she describes herself as an essential healthcare worker — and co-owner of a murder mystery theater company called Dainty Dames Events.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024
Driven by her mother, a thwarted actress, Ms. Withers debuted on the vaudeville stage at 2 and by 4 had her own radio show in Atlanta billed as “Dixie’s Dainty Dewdrop.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2021
It was a theme also plumbed by Cottweiler, designed by Matthew Dainty and Ben Cottrell.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2019
In The Wizard of Oz—the book, not the movie—Dorothy goes to this place called the Dainty China Country, and all the people are tiny and perfect.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
Vocabulary lists containing dainty
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