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caudle KAWD-duhl noun a warm drink prepared for the sick from wine, eggs, bread, sugar and various spices 1884Eliza ChaseOver the Border: AcadiaAnd all this for the hope of a couple of apostle spoons, and a cup to eat caudle in.1895Frank BarrettA Set of RoguesThus, then, did she devote her time till sundown, whereabouts Mrs. Butterby raps at her door to know if she will have a cup of warm caudle to comfort her, at the same time telling her that Mr. Hopkins will not sup with her, as he has Captain Evans for his guest at the lodge.1900Mary JohnstonTo Have and To HoldThe brother of my Lord de la Warre stood up with the groom, the brother of my Lord of Northumberland gave away the bride and was the first to kiss her, and the President himself held the caudle to their lips that night.Labels: Eliza Chase, Frank Barrett, Mary Johnston
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mea culpa may-uh KOOL-pa noun an acknowledgment of error, guilt, or fault 1870Bret Harte The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales The master lifted her gently, and waited for the paroxysm to pass. When, with face still averted, she was repeating between her sobs the mea culpa of childish penitence—that 'she'd be good, she didn't mean to,' etc., it came to him to ask her why she had left Sabbath-school. 1922Mary Johnston1492And, O my Lord, never more will I forget that that tomb in which thou didst rest, still, still is held by the infidel!' He beat his breast. ' Mea culpa! mea culpa! '1987S. T. HaymonDeath of a GodWho did he think he was kidding? That must be the kind of guff all faithless lovers fed into their personal computers to get themselves in the clear. Mea culpa. Metaphorically, over his cornflakes and cup of instant, he beat his breast, calling himself all the right names—a lecher, a swine, a dirty old man.1992Connie WillisThe Doomsday Book'Mea culpa,' she whispered, 'mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.' Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault, but that wasn't right, that was only in the Confiteor Deo.2003Clive Cussler and Paul KemprecosWhite DeathMea culpa. It didn't seem like a bad idea at the time.Labels: Bret Harte, Clive Cussler, Connie Willis, Mary Johnston, Paul Kemprecos, S. T. Haymon
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