touching
/ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/ noun C2- The act by which something is touched.
- A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment.
Plural touchings
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“Do you expect to recover your position, sir, without touching those three million?”
The morning’s sun rose clear and resplendent, touching the foamy waves into a network of ruby-tinted light.
Your son has probably neglected some prescribed form or attention in registering his cargo, and it is more than probable he will be set at liberty directly he has given the information required, whether touching the health of his crew, or the value of his freight.”
“Do you know, my dear Villefort,” cried the Comte de Salvieux, “that is exactly what I myself said the other day at the Tuileries, when questioned by his majesty’s principal chamberlain touching the singularity of an alliance between the son of a Girondin and the daughter of an officer of the Duc de Condé; and I assure you he seemed fully to comprehend that this mode of reconciling political differences was based upon sound and excellent principles.
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