currish

Example Sentences

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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

In spite of all these Roman basilisks, That seek to quell us with their currish looks, We will to Pontus: we'll have gold, my hearts; Those oriental pearls shall deck our brows.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

It seems a currish fate that puts such men into the grasp of paltry and sordid cares like these!

From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons

O people currish, churlish as their seas— He rejoices he leaves them, never to return till “rocks shall turn to rivers.”

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

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.