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 Kissing-comfit.Kissing the Hand. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Kissing-crust.
 
The crust where the lower lump of bread kisses the upper. In French, baisure de pain.   1
 


 Kissing-comfit.Kissing the Hand. 

 
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