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well and truly sought after adjective

Under pressure

Example

The phone has hardly stopped ringing – I’m well and truly sought after today

Origin

From The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo, one of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So stories

Collector

Naomi – 1960s
Naomi Iliff (King) – owner

Notes

The actual line is:
”…but didn’t you ask me to make you different from all other animals, as well as to make you very truly sought after?”

Submitted: 08/10/2022 by Mark

any thoughts?

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