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单词 preener
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preenern.

Brit. /ˈpriːnə/, U.S. /ˈprinər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preen v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < preen v.2 + -er suffix1.
A person who takes excessive care over his or her appearance; esp. with implications of vanity or affectation.
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1961 R. Lloyd George My Father, Lloyd George 129 The ‘Marmadukes’, however, were the strutters and preeners, the spurious Dukes.
1982 Time (Nexis) 6 Dec. 68 Not many of Hollywood's firm-jawed preeners would have allowed the shot, but he has taken pains to look as gruesome as possible.
1998 J. Barnes England, England (1999) 263 For a halfpenny they could enter a tent containing three antique distorting mirrors which rendered small preeners helpless with disbelief.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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