Lioncelle

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of lioncel. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    Treated as feminine and applied figuratively to a woman; a lioness. specifically

    "[…] he would no more have thought of asking a young innocent girl to cast in her lot with him for better or for worse, than he would have sat down to play piquet with a boy who could not count the points of the game. Neither did the taming of a lioncelle tempt him a whit."

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lioncellionesswhelp

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"[…] he would no more have thought of asking a young innocent girl to cast in her lot with him for better or for worse, than he would have sat down to play piquet with a boy who could not count the points of the game. Neither did the taming of a lioncelle tempt him a whit."

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