masculines

Example Sentences

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A-h! how popular that will be with poor masculines!

From Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio by Riddle, A. G.

Nouns signifying males are masculines; as, fear a man, righ a king, sagart a priest, tarbh a bull, cu a dog.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander

She had not succeeded in capturing a husband yet, but it seemed quite possible with all this influx of masculines.

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

All the other oldest relatives gradually dropt away, and 'that' came to be applied also to plural antecedents, and to masculines and feminines.

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly

"Dazzling, by God!" whispered some of the masculines that stood apart, and there were others that spoke not a word, but stood spell-bound at her majestic mien.

From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton