common sort
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“I do think that the board and the mayor have a common sort of goal of ... trying to solve some of these problems that the electorate seems to still be quite upset about.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
The officers themselves, mounted upon a very common sort of horses, strive in vain to render them docile and agreeable.
From New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. by F. Baucher
Glass beads are now the most common sort; they form a considerable item in the African trade.—In architecture and joinery the bead is a small round moulding.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
"People do say that something out of the common sort passes along the road and turns down the other road leading to Clayton and Brighton; but I pays no attention to what them people says."
From A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
These, though highly ornamental when mixed with the common sort, are not prized, owing to their being a more conspicuous mark for poachers.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
