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dossal
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deal one so soft and loving such
Could Fate be cruel enough to deal one so soft and loving such a blow? — from Beyond by John Galsworthy
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shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?)
spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words.
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