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firmer

noun B2
  1. A physical exercise or cosmetic product intended to firm part of the body. · face firmers
  2. A thin chisel with a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it.

Plural firmers

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Slumber refused to visit his eyelids and the night was passed in feverish contemplation of the chain of circumstances tending to prove the identity of the mysterious visitant to the Colosseum with the inhabitant of the grotto of Monte Cristo; and the more he thought, the firmer grew his opinion on the subject.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 362 · C1
There was no chance of finding footsteps in the mire, for the rising mud oozed swiftly in upon them, but as we at last reached firmer ground beyond the morass we all looked eagerly for them.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 200 · C1
“Sir,” said Albert, at first with a tremulous voice, but which gradually became firmer, “I reproached you with exposing the conduct of M.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 914 · C1
Putting the letter in her bosom, she took her son’s arm, and with a firmer step than she even herself expected she went downstairs.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 924 · C1

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