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Definition
very serious, unhappy, and unfriendly
- Constance resembled a wet hen — same shape, same dour crankiness, and only slightly larger — but Kate smiled when he came in, and the sight of her sunny face gave Reynie a pinprick of hope.p. 284.8
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