star-gazer
Example Sentences
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He felt that if he had not rushed incontinently from the presence of that underground star-gazer Dr. Wilson, he must either have punched that respected person’s venerated head, or have laughed in his honored face.
From The Witches of New York by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander
There they found the princess sitting, as the star-gazer had said, on the rock; and the dragon was lying asleep, with his head upon her lap.
From Grimm's Fairy Tales by Grimm, Wilhelm
Jason appointed Tiphys to be helmsman, because he was a star-gazer, and knew the points of the compass.
From A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
The others pressed close around, listening to the measured voice of the physician and the quick, pertinent questions of the star-gazer.
From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles
Skinny legs he had, an’ a chest as thin as paper; but aloft he carried more sail ’n the law allows—sky-scraper, star-gazer, an’, ay! even the curse-o’-God-over-all.
From Every Man for Himself by Duncan, Norman
