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Maura Stanton, from "Squash Flowers" (1997)

In this short story, the phrase "little anchovy" appears as an endearment. — The Schoolmarm

. . . Now he kissed her so hard that her lips were bruised the next day, shouting as she struggled to get away, "My little anchovy, my little radicchio, I could eat you up!"
"When’s the wedding?" somebody shouted. . . .

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