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The Women of Brewster Place
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- And then, agonizingly slow, it broke its way through the parched lips in a spaghetti-thin column of air that could be faintly heard in the frozen room.†
p. 103.5 *parched = dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty
- She ran her tongue over her parched lips and narrowed her eyes at Lorraine.†
p. 145.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(parched) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)