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taut Chiefly nautical in good order; neat How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| We each stared at our bobbers, tautening our lines and waited. Like totally styled flowers offering nectar to attract the insects that will fertilize them, each girl glided to the end of the runway like a fecund organ of glamour, back arched, one foot crossing over the other in that peculiar model walk, staring straight ahead with that withholding come-hither stare - tautening for a moment with a special glance, as if to secrete the professional pollen required by the situation. |
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