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- True, the Terry who went off to the artillery did not look upon him dourly, but Major Rippleton Holabird became erect and stiff when they passed in the corridor.†
Chpt 27
- She talked only of the weather, the flowers, but there was a rising gaiety in her which stirred even the dour Cecil Twyford.†
Chpt 34 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(dour) very serious, stern, and unfriendly -- often in a gloomy or harsh way
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)