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tryst [trɪst traɪst] Archaic or literary n 1. an appointment to meet, esp secretly 2. the place of such a meeting or the meeting itself vb
(intr) to meet at or arrange a tryst [from Old French triste lookout post, apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse traust trust] tryster n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations tryst n (old) → Stelldichein nt (dated) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And so Tarzan always came back to Nature in the spirit of a lover keeping a long deferred tryst after a period behind prison walls. And sometimes, she says, it gives her a little eerie feeling, too, as if her Aunt Una were really sitting there beside him, keeping tryst, although she has been in her grave for forty years. She went to Matthew's grave, in the little poplar-shaded Avonlea graveyard, and there kept a silent tryst with old memories and immortal loves. |
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