Suffern

[ suhf-ern ]

/ ˈsʌf ərn /

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a town in SE New York.

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Question 1 of 7

Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

The effect of her question was to produce in Miss Suffern an exaggerated access of peering and frowning.
Autres Temps...|Edith Wharton
Miss Suffern, at the suggestion, stood up also, an agitated hand among her bugles.
Autres Temps...|Edith Wharton
She had refused to let her daughter come to town with her; she had even rejected Susy Suffern's company.
Autres Temps...|Edith Wharton
Susy Suffern brought her up to my room the last evening, after dinner, when all the others were at bridge.
Autres Temps...|Edith Wharton

That's what I told myself a week ago, in this very room, after my first talk with Susy Suffern.
Autres Temps...|Edith Wharton