You see it's like a portmanteau--there are two meanings packed up into one
word.
-- Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
word.
-- Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
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Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking... - Look up, speak nicely, and don't twiddle your fingers all the time.
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"I don't know," said Alice.
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Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking... - Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so,
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Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking...
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... - Every habit and faculty is preserved and increased by correspondent
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