currish

Example Sentences

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All ferocity suddenly died out, leaving only alarm, a desperate, currish terror.

From The Way of the Strong by Cullum, Ridgwell

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

No man can serve two masters, and though to be the victim of the rival ambitions of greater men than yourself is no uncommon fate, it is a currish one.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine

It is a currish thing to look upon death in battle or by hara-kiri as a pollution: this is a thing to bear in mind.

From Tales of Old Japan by Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron

Then the currish way in which he took his licking added to the sport.

From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Paget, Walter