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"Her brown rose tasted of blood" - the mask slips irretreivably

talus - a slope formed especially by an accumulation of rock debris

leporine - of or resembling a hare or hares.

shirred bra - the meaning of shirred is to draw (a material, such as cloth) together in a shirring.

The phrase tête à claques translates loosely as "a face so dumb, you want to slap it"

lentigo - a small, clearly defined patch of skin that is darker than the surrounding skin as a result of an increased number of pigment cells

oolala - alive (Hawaian)?

olisbos - ancient Greek dildo

Acrosonic: This word was coined up by Nabokov and it meant a noise reaching to and past the sonic barrier.

ecru - the colour of raw linen, beige