capital fellow
Example Sentences
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He's a capital fellow to me, but he's not fond of company.
From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
"A capital fellow to make trousers, I know, but for his morality I can't vouch."
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
There 's a capital fellow, called Tom Cox, by the way, somewhere down in that country, who used to paint our scenes for the garrison theatricals.
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
He knew a very capital fellow, and a good sailor, James Wall by name.
From The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Riou, Edouard
I did my best to arrange it so, and your lawyer was a capital fellow to deal with.
From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
