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couchant

 (adj): postnominal) -- (lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward
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8 months ago Minerva said:

Then these little sly rogues, how they lie couchant, ready to spring upon us harmless fellows the moment we are in their reach!

Lovelace to Belford, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

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Onager (34 words)
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Onager's Words, by Onager
Heraldry, by sionnach
Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady, by Minerva
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