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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(UK, regional, obsolete) A caul (part of the amnion that encloses a baby's head at birth)..
But for the author who, though successful and publicly known as to his own name, still produces his works under his first fictitious disguise, no excuse can be urged. It is certainly no other fault , but that of sillyhood and trifling […]
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Sillyhood means (UK, regional, obsolete) A caul (part of the amnion that encloses a baby's head at birth)..
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But for the author who, though successful and publicly known as to his own name, still produces his works under his first fictitious disguise, no excuse can be urged. It is certainly no other fault , but that of sillyhood and trifling […]
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