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emmuska
[em-moo sh-ko] /ˈɛm mʊʃ kɒ/ (show ipa), baroness, 1865–1947, english novelist, born in hungary.
noun
baroness emmuska (ˈɛmʊʃkə). 1865–1947, british novelist, born in hungary; author of the scarlet pimpernel (1905)

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