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How to Pronounce Junoesque

FOUND IN AN AGATHA CHRISTIE NOVEL: She was a handsome young woman, built on Junoesque lines, with dark flashing eyes and such a general air of resemblance to M. Papopolous that it was easy to see they were father and daughter.

Junoesque means (of a woman) imposingly tall and shapely; suggestive of a statue; having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape. Synonyms: statuesque, shapely.

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The Maltese Falcon | The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of | Warner Classics

FROM DASHIELL HAMMETT'S THE MALTESE FALCON: When the last pocket had been turned out he returned to his own chair, rolled and lighted a cigarette, and began to examine his spoils. He examined them with grave unhurried thoroughness.

There's a quicker way to say this:

When the last pocket had been turned out he returned to his own chair, rolled and lighted a cigarette. He began to examine his spoils with grave unhurried thoroughness.

With apologies to Dashiell Hammett.

MORE MALTESE: He had put the coffee-pot on the stove when she came to the door, and was slicing a slender loaf of French bread.

I assume Hammett meant this: He had put the coffee-pot on the stove and was slicing a slender loaf of French bread when she came to the door.

I'm still reading The Maltese Falcon, and I just found the word excelsior. I looked it up: softwood shavings used for packing fragile goods or stuffing furniture.

The excelsior was around the bird, protecting it.

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