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#86492 11/10/2002 5:00 PM
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From new spelling list. Amandine = garnished with almonds. Insist on it.
andipital - botany word, two edged, as in blades of grass
aneroid - a barometer not consisting of a vertical tube of liquid
Anquera - a stinker unless you know some Spanish:
Behind the saddle,
and attached thereto, was the anquera, of leather, of halfmoon shape, covering the top of the
hindquarters of the horse but not reaching to ...
http://www.zpub.com/sf50/sf/hb75ye.htm

Dear consuelo: If Don José could persuade Carmen to ride pillion, would she sit on an anquera?

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I guess that would depend on Carmen and her anatomy.


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And when they stopped for the night, Don José could enjoy the pheromones from the anquera.



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