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Significados de prosy en inglés

Lacking wit or imagination.

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Uso de prosy en inglés
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It is as common as going to bed; it is almost prosy.
A Romance of Two Worlds: A Novel
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I wished some dry, prosy petitioners in England could have heard it.
American Scenes, and Christian Slavery / A Recent Tour of Four T...
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Very true; only, dahlias, at the best, are such uninteresting prosy things.
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 05
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The witty chairman, the prosy chairman, the solemn chairman,- Iknowthem all.
My Discovery of England
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Treated with accuracy it becomes prosy, treated with fancy it becomes ridiculous.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
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You must bear with me if I am prosy for a time.
Princess Maritza
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Gathering strength in romantic byways to see you through the prosy thoroughfares?
We Three
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She was not especially appreciated, for she was considered prosy and commonplace.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
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During the dull, prosy stretches it could sound the toscin and anti-toscin.
The new yorker
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But I know you will not be prosy, so go on, please.
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 1.
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Aunt Lucinda says Mr. Blake is very spiritual, but he's terribly prosy.
Blue Bonnet in Boston; or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
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Have I been prosy enough to allow of my leaving off now?
Molly Bawn
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The other boys are becoming dull and prosy; but we are not changed.
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
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In truth, a prosy cleric of five-and-forty wants encouragement to make him eloquent.
Two on a Tower
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Then it was prose that was considered dull-hencewe have the word prosy.
English Literature for Boys and Girls
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The place is fitter for a poet than a prosy vagabond like me.
Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War
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