Tales of the City Glossary

by Armistead Maupin

Tales of the City Glossary

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Frigid

Icy, bitter

Quaint

Strange, unfamiliar

Chink

Narrow mouth, cleft

Cankering

Woods becoming infected

Irrevocably

Which can not be undone

Neophyte

Initiate, novice

Simpleton

Person having no common sense

Seraph

Angelic being

Dissipation

Impurity, corruption

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