Talli Ruksas
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
What does coaxing lumps mean? If I Google it without quotes I get nowhere, with quotes I get referred to one of your books which rather puts me back where I started
Lois McMaster Bujold
It's old American Midwestern slang for "asking for it"; behaving or speaking in a provoking way that inspires others to attack, literally or figuratively. "Lumps" being what you get when someone hits you.
Ta, L.
It's old American Midwestern slang for "asking for it"; behaving or speaking in a provoking way that inspires others to attack, literally or figuratively. "Lumps" being what you get when someone hits you.
Ta, L.
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