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[prim] / prɪm /


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This bold diagonal, cut through the prim Quaker street grid, produced a great many awkwardly shaped blocks, including the pointy trapezoid between the Parkway and the Vine Street Expressway that houses Calder Gardens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

Not only are viewers watching boldface names eat, they’re also watching them eat foods that are considered distasteful — which goes against the prim and proper image that celebrities are expected to uphold.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024

A portrait of a prim young lady in bright brushstrokes was being sold for $5,190.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2023

Feinstein, always prim and proper, at times seemed an odd icon of the leftist city.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023

Up until recently, Milton thought of Tessie as his prim cousin.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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