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Significats de lady's finger en anglès

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A light and sweet sponge cake roughly shaped like a human finger.

        Ús de lady's finger en anglès
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        Now that you have fitted it for a lady's finger it should go to your wife.
        The Duke's Children
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        And he was as jocund a bridegroom as ever put a ring upon a lady's finger.
        Kept in the Dark
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        A pebble that paves the street is in itself more useful than the diamond upon a lady's finger.'
        The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
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        They chose out for luck also the smooth little rose-tinted valves, more exquisite than the fairest lady's finger-nails.
        Bog-Myrtle and Peat / Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from th...
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        The " lady's finger" in Fenton's cheek stood out white amid the sudden red, and his eyes flashed.
        The Philistines
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        Next morning (July 9) each man had coffee, one lady's finger of bread, and a single small slice of bacon.
        The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search o...
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        The slight repulse of a lady's finger- atouchthat would not crush a gnat-willsometimes kill a strong man like a sword-stroke.
        The Golden Dog
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        His brow is lofty, and pale, and stern, but partially covered with long dark hair, with which lady's finger had never toyed.
        The Wedding Guest: A Friend of the Bride and Bridegroom
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        'And now, most excellent Sir,' said he, turning toward me, 'what do you find worthy your own or your lady's finger?
        Zenobia; or, the Fall of Palmyra