drossy
Example Sentences
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We change our drossy dust for gold, From death to life we fly: We let go shadows, and take hold Of immortality.
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John
Time will sift it of its drossy puffs and praises.
From Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" by Cherry, J. L.
When the strike was over, two or three miners still remained working the soft, drossy coal, which they sold for eight-and-sixpence a ton—or sixpence a hundredweight.
From The Lost Girl by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
What he thus sucked in, he purged from its drossy mixtures, replenished with fresh vitality, and gave it back clothed in the grace and strength of his own clear spirit.
From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman
They found a plentiful seam of drossy, yellowish coal behind the Methodist New Connection Chapel.
From The Lost Girl by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
