Meg's high-heeled slippers were dreadfully tight, and hurt her, though…

Louisa May Alcott
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Meg's high-heeled slippers were dreadfully tight, and hurt her, though she would not own it; and Jo's nineteen hair-pins all seemed stuck straight into her head, which was not exactly comfortable; but, dear me, let us be elegant or die. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (2005). Little Women ; Little Men ; Jo's Boys, p.33, Library of America
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