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Definition
Roman mythology: god of love; a small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love
- Their mouths were pouty little cupid's bows.p. 107.2
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- The dresser in my room was covered with little porcelain white women holding parasols, china dogs, fat-bellied cupids and blown-glass animals of every persuasion.p. 228.3
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