looker-on

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looker-on

noun lookers-on · on-looker

A spectator, onlooker. After dancing with each other at a proper number of balls, the young people justified these opinions, and an engagement, with a due reference to the absent Sir Thomas, was entered into, much to the satisfaction of their respective families, and of the general lookers-on of the neighbourhood, who had

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@misc{looker_on_2026,
  title = {looker-on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/looker-on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}