All 3 Uses of
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Catch-22
- Milo's office was a barbershop, and his deputy mayor was a pudgy barber from whose obsequious lips cordial greetings foamed as effusively as the lather he began whipping up in Milo's shaving cup.†
Chpt 22 *
- General Peckem welcomed Colonel Scheisskopf with effusive charm and said he was delighted to have him.†
Chpt 29
- 'Ah, Marchese Milo,' he declared with effusive pleasure, pushing the fat, disgruntled woman out the door without even looking toward her.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(effusive) enthusiastic in expressing happiness or approval