star-gazer

Example Sentences

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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

So he hastens to add that, of course, "the true pilot" will be called "a prater, a star-gazer, a good-for-nothing."

From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter

"I am no star-gazer, and decline any such inuendoes," said Kalzow, while coughing annoyedly.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

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

He looked very tempting, and our friend sallied out from under a stick and caught him on the fly, just as he had seen the star-gazer catch his own brother.

From Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals by Hulbert, William Davenport