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Mooncalf means (now rare) An abnormal mass within the uterus; a false conception..
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/ˈmuːnkɑːf/ · noun
(now rare) An abnormal mass within the uterus; a false conception..
Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How camest thou to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos?
“[…] you’re a jobbernowl and a doodle, a maundering mooncalf and a blockheaded numps, a gaby and a loon; you’re a Hatter!” I shrieked the last epithet.
But I can think of no one but a mooncalf or a gaby Who would trust their own child to raise a baby.
He slipped it softly onto her unresisting finger and, like the unwise moncalf he was, kissed it.
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Mooncalf means (now rare) An abnormal mass within the uterus; a false conception..
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Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How camest thou to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos?
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