cleanly habits
Example Sentences
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And yet a morally high-bred man could no more condescend to such a falsehood than a man of cleanly habits would willingly steep himself in the mire.
From The Essentials of Spirituality by Felix Adler
He was a man who luxuriated in cleanly habits of living, and his linen was a sort of passion with him.
From The Son of his Father by Ridgwell Cullum
They are intelligent, of high-bred appearance, cleanly habits and courteous manners.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
It has more cleanly habits; it is more beautiful; it serves a more useful purpose; it brings its owner less often to the doors of death.
From A Book of Burlesques by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
He reasoned that since they subsisted upon roots mainly, they were of cleanly habits and quite as apt to be nourishing and appetizing, if properly cooked, as rabbit.
From The Dude Wrangler by Caroline Lockhart
