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Meanings of effete civilization in English

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Usage of effete civilization in English
1
This wa'n't no effete civilization like it's come to be now.
Burning Daylight
2
That was one of the things I had at last learned to consider among the superfluities of an effete civilization.
The Making of an American
3
Nothing very strange or out-of-the-way, she thought, could be connected with such a modern car; it presented every symptom of effete civilization.
The Palace of Darkened Windows
4
As she fitted the collar of an effete civilization on my nineteenth century neck, I put the same question I had given to Dennis.
Children's Rights: A Book of Nursery Logic
5
"You see," he laughed, "that I have all the luxuries of an effete civilization!
Boy Scouts in Northern Wilds; Or, The Signal from the Hills
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