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Definition of Embonpoints
1. embonpoint [n] - See also: embonpoint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embonpoints
Literary usage of Embonpoints
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Society Snapshots: Taken at Ramdom on a Trip Through the World by Cotsford Dick (1901)
"Find the embonpoints are in this hotel. They come every year, and Mrs. Embonpoint
says it's the only way that she can keep the girls' figures in order. ..."
2. Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung (1833)
"... der heutigen Bassisten, des Hrn. Lablache, scheint im Verhältnisse der Zunahme
seines embonpoints, vielleicht auch seiner Jahre, leider abzunehmen. Rom. ..."
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