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Jan. 25th, 2003 01:21 pmïîçîëîòèòü ðó÷êó (íàïð., öûãàíêå) - to cross one's hand with silver
"But we could have borne all this, had not a fortune-telling gypsy come to raise us into perfect sublimity. The tawny Sybil no sooner appeared than my girls came running to me for a shilling a piece to cross her hand with silver."
"The Vicar Of Wakefield" by Oliver Goldsmith
"But we could have borne all this, had not a fortune-telling gypsy come to raise us into perfect sublimity. The tawny Sybil no sooner appeared than my girls came running to me for a shilling a piece to cross her hand with silver."
"The Vicar Of Wakefield" by Oliver Goldsmith
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Date: 2003-01-25 04:11 am (UTC)