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Swain N Mail Lover Suitor Originally Country Peasant

Word swain
Definition n. A mail lover or suitor; originally a country peasant.
Sentence Happy Louise was gurgling and scolding her swain in the basement.
Source Lolita, I.23, p. 106

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