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Cleanliness
State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.
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The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a relig…
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A stroke; a touch.
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…
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The state or quality of being neat.
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The quality or state of being tidy.
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Habitually clean; pure; innocent.
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Habitually clean; pure; innocent.
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