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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Amundeville

Lady Adeline Amundeville, a lady who “had a twilight tinge of blue,” could make epigrams, give delightful soirées, and was fond of making matches. —Bryon: Don Juan, xv., xvi.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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