Meaning of interesting condition | Babel Free

Definitions

Pregnancy

archaic, euphemistic

Equivalents

Examples

“I cannot honestly report⟳ that I have⟳ ever seen a feline matron of this class washing her face⟳ when in an interesting condition.”

“His young wife ... was at church with her mother, and suddenly overcome⟳ by indisposition, arising from her interesting condition, she could not remain⟳ standing, she drove home in the first sledge, a smart-looking one, she came across.”

“... and replied that he was come⟳ there about a lady, now an inmate of Horne's house, that was in an interesting condition, poor body, from woman's woe (and here he fetched a deep sigh⟳) and to know⟳ if her happiness had yet taken place⟳.”

“They borrowed a female [cat] in an interesting condition and set⟳ their trap⟳ under the cypress tree at the top of the vacant lot.”

“That knee-trembler put⟳ Angela in an interesting condition and, of course, there was talk⟳.”

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