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"The lady on the left is simpering; and, oh! here is a tiger rug," stumbling over a head on the ground.

From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Piffard, Harold

You'll have no trouble in ousting that shallow-pated puppy Jack, and I think I can put the pass on Mr. privy-counsellor there, although he is simpering so prettily.

From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor