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This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

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disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way

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louche



One can read about it in those louche tomes

—p.112 Killing Time (95) by George Steiner
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5 years, 10 months ago


a louche, chain-smoking Lebanese in a safari pantsuit

—p.127 One Week in Liberia (110) by Zadie Smith
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5 years, 10 months ago


he was named as one of the louche uncles

—p.265 Chapter 7 (227) by D.T. Max
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5 years, 11 months ago


When a man walks aimlessly and for pleasure he is called a flaneur; a certain louche glamour attaches to the word.

—p.62 Walking (53) missing author
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2 years, 10 months ago


listening to a louche character with a thick moustache

—p.26 How to Read for Yourself (11) by Alain de Botton
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5 years, 11 months ago


The louche Playboy rubs elbows with the staid Time.

—p.50 Kiddie Porn (43) by n+1
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3 years ago


The boundaries he pushes are only partly for our benefit; his chameleon love affair with the frisson of the louche

—p.43 Notes on Trap (25) by n+1
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3 years, 10 months ago


His current self was considerably more louche

—p.48 by Adelle Waldman
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3 years, 3 months ago


in an atmosphere of louche decadence, the business and cultural elite linger like models or gawp like voyeurs as they stand around a swimming pool

—p.46 The Weird (14) by Mark Fisher
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3 years, 4 months ago