askant
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"But," said D'Artagnan, looking askant at Brienne, "you do not know perhaps, monsieur, that I have the privilege of entrée anywhere, and at any hour."
From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Dumas père, Alexandre
"Up all night, I presume," eyeing him askant.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lynch, Lawrence L.
Gew-gaws are pretty things to call forth the wonder of children and ignorant gazers; but the judicious pass them with an askant look and careless demeanour.
From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John
Some of the old houses that stand endwise to the street, looking askant at the passer,—especially if he is a stranger in town,—might be veritable treasuries of this sort of material.
From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons
Who are they, as bats and night-dogs, askant in the Capitol?
From Poems By Walt Whitman by Rossetti, William Michael
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