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The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- As he turned over the pages his eye fell on the poem about the hand of Lacenaire, the cold yellow hand "du supplice encore mal lavee," with its downy red hairs and its "doigts de faune."†
Chpt 14
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(encore) an extra or repeated performance -- especially of music given in response to audience demandeditor's notes: At the end of a musical performance, an audience will sometimes shout "encore! encore!" to encourage the performance of another piece of music. The term may also refer to a performance by an artist who follows a successful run with a return at a later time.