Wordie: In which the reader is introduced to the very best of company

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In which the reader is introduced to the very best of company

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Wonderful words I (re)discovered while reading William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair, and would not likely discover elsewhere, especially not outside 19th Century British fiction. You'll probably see words you know and use, but they're used differently, which is why they're cool.

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