If it is to pique me it is labour in vain, for I have not a soupcon of jealousy in my composition.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
"He had as many shots as I had," said young Gould, whose desire of self- glorification smothered any soupcon of good taste which he might have acquired, "only he missed them all."
"Dr. Jolliffe's Boys"
Lewis Hough
That fat woman he's bowing to is Viscountess Sedley, a porcine empress, widow of three, with a soupcon of bigamy to flavour them.
"The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009