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A visit from Cecily, accompanied by one of her inamoratas, riveted Harrison: The couple dressed alike in black, shared a single seat at the dinner table and ate from a single plate.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2018

Fernanda Rohd and Melody Hollis suggest opposite sides of the same essential coin as two very different inamoratas.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2016

I ask when he notes that many of his inamoratas have developed careers off the sheen of his celebrity.

From Forbes • Oct. 18, 2012

With their attentions fast on their new inamoratas, the professional couple toss each other about, stand on chairs and pianos, recline on couches while giving an impromptu rehearsal of their new vehicle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before long he planned to escape, and, having arranged everything with the hotel porter, he departed without leaving any address, but not without having first locked this most wearisome of inamoratas up in her room.

From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace