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Meanings of very prim in English

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Usage of very prim in English
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Anyway, Mameha-san always acts very prim and goes behind a screen to change-
Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
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She was very prim, but she insisted on learning the rumba.
The new yorker
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Miss Matthews was very prim and trim in a white shirt-waist and stiff collar.
Glory of Youth
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We waited a few minutes, and finally a very prim young woman came in.
Highways in Hiding
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She was a small, neat, and very prim sparrow who took no sauce from anyone.
The adventures of button
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Miss Ophelia was a very prim and precise person, not at all like the St. Clares.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition
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And the little girl stood at attention, very prim, apparently very watchful, toes touching the line.
Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
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A very prim, neat, middle-aged maid-servant now appeared at the threshold, and austerely inquired the visitor's business.
"My Novel" — Volume 04
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They were very prim and clean; the morning air came through the open windows, bearing an almost stupefying odor.
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
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The lady was at first very prim and reserved; but she soon began to listen, smiled, and even tittered.
The Book of the Bush / Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the ...
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All very prim and proper.
Her mother's hope
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Then Mr. Literal leaned forward deliberately, his finger tips fitted together and his lips drawn into very prim lines.
Everychild / A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young an...
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It looks very prim and proper, and it's easy to see how it has the potential to fool users.
The South African
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They arrived, after no great journey, at a very prim little house, set down in a very prim little garden.
Everychild / A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young an...
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Sometimes Tante went with them, looking very prim in her tailor-made suit of gray woolen cloth and her small gray hat.
Keineth
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She sat very prim and upright in her spotless white overall with her hands folded on her lap, her knees together.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
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