COUNTESS DASH
\kˈa͡ʊntɛs dˈaʃ], \kˈaʊntɛs dˈaʃ], \k_ˈaʊ_n_t_ɛ_s d_ˈa_ʃ]\
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pseudonym of Gabrielle Anne Cisterne de Courtiras, Vicomtesse de Saint-Mars. A French novelist (1804-72); born at Poitiers. She was a very prolific writer, producing often five or six stories in the course of a year. Life in high society is her theme, and especially wayward love in high society, as the very titles of most of her novels indicate: "Bussy-Rabutin's Amours"; "Gallantries of the Court of Louis XV".; "Last Amours of Mme. du Barry"; "Adventures of a Young Married Woman".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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dust storm
- a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand a windstorm that lifts up clouds dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years"