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What's the meaning of t. to the e. in this sentence? Knowing now what he would say was the psychology of the individual, I admit, it brought a manly t. to the e.
May 6, 2015 3:22 AM
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I suspect it means 'tear to the eye', but it's not a common way of saying it.
May 6, 2015
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I was going to say the same. It sounds like P.G. Wodehouse and upper class British slang from the early twentieth century.
May 6, 2015
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I feel like it's P.G. Wodehouse :)
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Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), English, Japanese
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