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Meanings of so prim in English

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Usage of so prim in English
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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...
2
She always seemed so prim and proper, but looks could be deceptive.
New york: the novel
3
Some of them give me the shivers, they are so prim.
The Tides of Barnegat
4
You are surely not so prim that you are doing it for propriety.
Mistress Anne
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She was so prim, I used to call her Aunt Primrose.
Wild Youth, Volume 1.
6
Hilda is pleased because Mavis seems so prim & old-fashioned.
The new yorker
7
Dora is so prim and proper she is no good for a boy's playmate.
Anne of Avonlea
8
Upon my word it almost seems so -tosee you sitting up there so prim!
Jude the Obscure
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She had had experiences with the male sex, this Miss Dorothy so prim and grim.
The Story of a Bad Boy
10
Don't get me wrong...My mother's an awesome person, but she's so prim and proper...and stubborn.
The manning grooms: bride on the loose\same time, next year
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No wonder Louise was so prim if she had been brought up amid such furniture!
The Four Canadian Highwaymen; Or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp
12
It sounds so prim, but isn't that part of the point of creating something like this?
The new yorker
13
And these girls of the city, so prim and so brainless!-aswell marry a painted puppet.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 01
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In the garden, so prim and well kept, they thought only of the flowers, and little else.
The Inferno
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Ellen was so prim, so-so irritatingly proper.
The Lodger
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To think of my daughter, so prim and demure, writing a play, and on such a subject.'
Muslin
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