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Miss Havisham–esque

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Miss Havisham-esque Miss Havishamesque English Adjective 1 en Miss Havishamesque. en Tara Ariano; Adam Sternbergh The Suburbs Hey! It’s That Guy!: The Fametracker.com Guide to Character Actors Philadelphia, Pa. w:Quirk Books 2005 section “Celia Weston: Hey! It’s That Vintage Southern Belle/Lockjawed New England Matriarch!” 212 https://archive.org/details/heyitsthatguyfam0000aria/page/212/mode/1up?view=theater 1-59474-042-9 2005924791 The last of these, [K-PAX,] in fact, is practically a parody of all blowsy Southern dames; [Celia] Weston plays a Miss Havisham–esque hospital inmate who, in her dementia, still makes up her face and puts on her costume jewelry and sets her table as if eternally expecting a gentleman caller. en Deanna Kizis Closing Costs Finishing Touches New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass. Warner Books 2006 155–156 https://archive.org/details/finishingtouches00kizi/page/155/mode/1up?view=theater 978-0-446-57808-0 The surrounding homes were crazed with schizophrenic tastes and priorities. A Craftsman that bohemians had painted purple and orange hallucinated next to a Miss Havisham–esque country where shredded Fourth of July decorations were still hanging around the doorway. en w:A. J. Hartley What Time Devours New York, N.Y. w:Berkley Books 2009 chapter 64 264 https://archive.org/details/whattimedevours00hart/page/264/mode/1up?view=theater 978-0-425-22623-0 He wasn’t sure what he had expected, some Miss Havisham–esque shrine of dust and cobwebs, perhaps, but this was not it.