currish

Example Sentences

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Let Aesop fable in a winter's night; His currish riddle sorts not with this place.

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William

I miss animal life sadly in these parts: the dogs I see about the streets are few in number, and miserably currish specimens of their kind.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various

She practised the arts that breeders would use, who aimed at creating ferocious, currish, and stupid nature.

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman

His face was unhealthy and currish, the eyes were malicious, and above his ears were combed two large tufts of glossy hair.

From The Shadow of the Cathedral by Gillespie, Mrs. W. A.

There are faces which, in their usual form, seem to bluster with prosperity, but which the loss of a dozen points at whist will reduce to that currish aspect which reminds one of a dog-whip.

From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony