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The landlady

TermDefinition
Rapacious aggressively greedy or grasping.
Hearth the floor of a fireplace.
peer look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something.
Chrysanthemums In Europe, chrysanthemums are mostly associated with sympathy and mourning with white chrysanthemums chosen to lay on graves. However, in the UK, chrysanthemums are the birth month flower for those born in November, perfect for that bunch of birthday flow
Trilby a man's hat made of felt (= thick firm cloth) with a deep fold along its top
dithering indecisive
Congenial (of a thing) pleasant or agreeable because suited to one's taste or inclination OR (of a person) pleasing or liked on account of having qualities or interests that are similar to one's own.
briskly in an active, quick, or energetic way.
pane a single sheet of glass in a window or door.
Pickled preserved in vinegar or brine OR drunk
Compulsion the action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint.
taxidermy the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals with lifelike effect
neglect fail to care for properly.
Swanky informal, stylishly luxurious and expensive
emanate originate from; be produced by
compelling not able to be resisted; overwhelming.
tantalizing exciting one's senses or desires
Created by: Miss DD
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