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Man Without a Spleen

man without a spleen

also: человек без селезенки

A Russian folk idiom for an even-tempered, unflappable person, twisted here into a visual pun on "putting a point/full stop" (tochka) resembling the small, dot-like organ.

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Mentioned in 13 works (14 mentions)

Captions for Drawings Juvenilia · 1 mention
A Contract for the Year 1884, Concluded with Mankind Stories · 2 mentions
My Ranks and Titles Stories · 1 mention
To Al. P. Chekhov, 5 January 1883. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To G. P. Kravtsov, 29 January 1883. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
List of Exhibitors Awarded Cast-Iron Medals in the Russian Section at the Amsterdam Exhibition Stories · 1 mention
The Bad Boy Stories · 1 mention
Krasnaya Gorka Stories · 1 mention
Letter to a Reporter Stories · 1 mention
Instruction (from Provincial Life) Stories · 1 mention
The Bill Stories · 1 mention
The Eclipse of the Moon Stories · 1 mention
To L. N. Trefolev, 1 March 1886. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

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