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Significats de niminy-piminy en anglès

Affectedly dainty or refined.

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Examples for "dainty"
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Sweet and dainty were the damsels, alike in raiment and in face.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
2
And a jade platter of dainty food calls for a million coins.
Throne of Jade
3
It ripples in dainty dance, or tumbles down in cascades of joy.
Spirit and Music
4
In the open doorway she shone, looking the smallest of dainty things.
The Research Magnificent
5
He swung the dainty mite up in his arms and kissed her.
The Jungle Girl
1
He saw Mzu, her small figure unmistakable in its prim business suit.
The Neutronium Alchemist
2
The papers extended across the hall and into a prim, fleckless parlor.
Anne of Avonlea
3
The house does not look so prim as it used to do.
The Sea-Witch; Or, The African Quadroon: A Story of the Slave Co...
4
The small, prim, stylish mother looked quite regal in her aristocratic rage.
The Mystery of Mary
5
There was a noticeable stiffening of the prim figure of Mrs. Gaston.
The Prince of Graustark
1
The problem was, he'd never managed to master the perfect, mincing walk.
Ruthless
2
Beside the Bishop rode the Prior of Emmet upon a mincing palfrey.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
3
One officer superintended the mincing, another exercised a general supervision over all.
The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
4
He spoke with the clipped, mincing utterance of the typical Prussian officer.
The Man with the Clubfoot
5
There was a doubting, almost a resentful, tone in the mincing voice.
What Timmy Did
1
Some of the shops were just a bit twee, I must admit.
The Lost Continent
2
Think of it as positivity without the twee platitudes and motivational quotes.
News.com.au
3
Auckland's queen bees of twee-pop haven't played much around these parts lately.
Radio NZ
4
There was always this air of twee artifice pushing in on everything.
The Lost Continent
5
With the twee, self-congratulatory filters it looked -well, twee and self-congratulatory
Wired
Ús de niminy-piminy en anglès
1
You're a brave lass for all your niminy-piminy lingo.
The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
2
"Rawchester!" exclaimed Lady Montfort, "what, 'Niminy-Piminy'?"
Endymion
3
"I hate affected, niminy-piminy chits!"
Little Women