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penchant for

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a penchant for something
a great liking for something. He had a penchant for luxury hotel suites, limousines, and high-priced meals.
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They were going from end to end of the country in all manner of useful missionary capacities; their penchant for wandering, and their experience in it, made them altogether the most effective spreaders of civilization we had.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
Apparently Mademoiselle Violet combined a taste for philanthropy with her penchant for Islington dancing halls.
The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
He ran across a book in the library on the care of the body, and promptly developed a penchant for a cold-water bath every morning, much to the amazement of Jim, and to the bewilderment of Mr.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
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