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{
"etymology_text": "From the noun Eskimo kiss.",
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"form": "Eskimo-kisses",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "Eskimo-kissing",
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},
{
"form": "Eskimo-kissed",
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"ref": "1999, Liz Ireland, Baby for Hire, Harlequin",
"text": "How could you reason with a man who was Eskimo-kissing a six-month-old?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2001, Janet McDonald, Spellbound, Farrar, Straus and Giroux",
"text": "The sight of this tough-looking kid cooing and Eskimo-kissing a puppy made Dell smile.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Crystal Green, A Tycoon in Texas, Harlequin",
"text": "Had he just been Eskimo-kissing a woman?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Vicki Kuyper, Wonderlust: A Spiritual Travelogue for the Adventurous Soul, New Hope® Publishers",
"text": "But my next three “turns” would be donated to other participants who actually enjoyed the process of having their arms pulled out of their sockets while balancing precariously on one big toe and Eskimo-kissing slimy dew-coated rocks with their nose.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Andrew Lansdown, “Cat”, in Little Book of Cats, National Library of Australia, page 25",
"text": "Now it has scrabbled onto the sag where she sat in the old deckchair and is gingerly sniffing, Eskimo-kissing, the weathered canvas, testing tentatively with whisker and paw the pliant surface, unsure if this is where to curl and nap in the weak midwinter sun.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Mark Oldman, Oldman’s Brave New World of Wine: Pleasure, Value, and Adventure Beyond Wine’s Usual Suspects, W. W. Norton & Company, page 67",
"text": "While your palate positevely vibrates with excitement, your nose may detect hints of green apples, pears, and limes, along with a chalky minerality—all in all, a spritzy, pleasantly sour rush that will revive you faster than Eskimo-kissing a round of smelling salts.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016, Claudette Melanson, Riptide: Betrayal of Blood (book 3 of the Maura DeLuca Trilogy), page 191",
"text": "I felt someone Eskimo-kissing my nose.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Daniel Browne, In the Weeds, Garrett County Press",
"text": "It’s not like she was rolling around, Eskimo-kissing puppies all day; […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Brinda Rao-Pothuraju, Vanity Pains, Notion Press",
"text": "We’d lick raindrops off the hood / Eskimo-kissing the handles / As Mary buckled us in",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019, Marata Eros, Puck, T. Rose Press",
"text": "Our noses are Eskimo-kissing close.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To rub one’s nose against something or another’s nose."
],
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}
{
"etymology_text": "From the noun Eskimo kiss.",
"forms": [
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},
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"ref": "1999, Liz Ireland, Baby for Hire, Harlequin",
"text": "How could you reason with a man who was Eskimo-kissing a six-month-old?",
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},
{
"ref": "2001, Janet McDonald, Spellbound, Farrar, Straus and Giroux",
"text": "The sight of this tough-looking kid cooing and Eskimo-kissing a puppy made Dell smile.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Crystal Green, A Tycoon in Texas, Harlequin",
"text": "Had he just been Eskimo-kissing a woman?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Vicki Kuyper, Wonderlust: A Spiritual Travelogue for the Adventurous Soul, New Hope® Publishers",
"text": "But my next three “turns” would be donated to other participants who actually enjoyed the process of having their arms pulled out of their sockets while balancing precariously on one big toe and Eskimo-kissing slimy dew-coated rocks with their nose.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Andrew Lansdown, “Cat”, in Little Book of Cats, National Library of Australia, page 25",
"text": "Now it has scrabbled onto the sag where she sat in the old deckchair and is gingerly sniffing, Eskimo-kissing, the weathered canvas, testing tentatively with whisker and paw the pliant surface, unsure if this is where to curl and nap in the weak midwinter sun.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Mark Oldman, Oldman’s Brave New World of Wine: Pleasure, Value, and Adventure Beyond Wine’s Usual Suspects, W. W. Norton & Company, page 67",
"text": "While your palate positevely vibrates with excitement, your nose may detect hints of green apples, pears, and limes, along with a chalky minerality—all in all, a spritzy, pleasantly sour rush that will revive you faster than Eskimo-kissing a round of smelling salts.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016, Claudette Melanson, Riptide: Betrayal of Blood (book 3 of the Maura DeLuca Trilogy), page 191",
"text": "I felt someone Eskimo-kissing my nose.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Daniel Browne, In the Weeds, Garrett County Press",
"text": "It’s not like she was rolling around, Eskimo-kissing puppies all day; […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Brinda Rao-Pothuraju, Vanity Pains, Notion Press",
"text": "We’d lick raindrops off the hood / Eskimo-kissing the handles / As Mary buckled us in",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019, Marata Eros, Puck, T. Rose Press",
"text": "Our noses are Eskimo-kissing close.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To rub one’s nose against something or another’s nose."
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