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Dombey
(Florence). A motherless child, hungering and thirsting
to be loved, but regarded with frigid indifference by her father, who
thinks that sons alone are worthy of his regard. (Dickens: Dombey and Son.)
Mr. Dombey.
A self-sufficient, purse-proud, frigid merchant, who feels
satisfied there is but one Dombey in the world, and that is himself. (Dickens: Dombey and Son.)
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