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gaingiving
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Definition:A misgiving. [Obs.]Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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I did but try the young man's mettle, and I do think he hath somewhat less of gaingiving about him, as well as much more folly, than any one here present.
Robert Montgomery Bird. The Infidel, Vol. I. (1835)
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It is but foolery, but it is such a kind of gain-giving as would perhaps trouble a woman.William Shakespeare. Hamlet.
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“A hasty withdrawing on thy part, or a gaingiving in thy look, those will serve.”
Pamela Dean. The Whim of the Dragon (2003)
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