August 2012
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Word of the Day: Compeer
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compeer \kuhm-PEER, noun:
1. Close friend; comrade. 2. An equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.
verb: 1. Archaic. To be the equal of; match.
Whoever eats them outlasts heaven and earth, and is the compeer of sun and moon. — Cheng’en Wu, Monkey
Aren’t you pleased with him, and didn’t he arrange things well, eh, my good compeer Lenet? — Alexandre Dumas, The...
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No-Bake Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
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Word of the Day: Billet-doux
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billet-doux \BIL-ey-DOO, noun; plural billets-doux \bil-ay-DOO(Z)\:
A love letter.
The bouquet struck her full in the chest, and a little billet-doux fell out of it into her lap. — E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread
Or you receive a billet doux in a careless scrawl you can’t read. What sort of billet doux is that, I ask you? — William H. Gass, Willie Masters’ Lonesome...
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