choiceness

Example Sentences

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The sand, or hard shell, or as they are sometimes called little necks, are next in choiceness, and then come the Pismo beach clams, noted for their flavor and enormous size.

From Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. by Edwords, Clarence E. (Clarence Edgar)

Indeed he had been especially struck by the impassioned elevation of her language, and the choiceness of her expressions so little in accordance with her position in life.

From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Kohn, Spiegfried

But English luxury, which at first allured me by its choiceness and delicacy, proved to be mechanical also.

From The Lily of the Valley by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

Hence arose, as that vast number of his books, so the choiceness and rarity of the greatest part of them, and that of all kinds, and in all sorts of learning.'

From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)

She had an instinct for choiceness like a hummingbird, darting here and there for sweetness.

From The Lovely Lady by Grant, Gordon