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madonna

noun C2
  1. A one-footed lien-to-tail trick, where the front foot is taken off and kicked out straight down behind the board.

Plural madonnas

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Birds sang around Green Gables; the Madonna lilies in the garden sent out whiffs of perfume that entered in on viewless winds at every door and window, and wandered through halls and rooms like spirits of benediction.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 98 · C1
Allan says you look like a Madonna when you part it so.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 277 · C1
Our group would then be quite complete, more especially as the countess is quite beautiful enough to represent a Madonna.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 380 · C1
Andrea Cavalcanti, the young man in a black coat, looking at Murillo’s ‘Madonna’; now he is turning.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 663 · C1

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