The Only Use of
truculent
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The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- I remember her bringing me up to a truculent and red-faced old gentleman covered all over with orders and ribbons, and hissing into my ear, in a tragic whisper which must have been perfectly audible to everybody in the room, the most astounding details.†
Chpt 1
Definition:
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(truculent) defiantly aggressive