taws

Example Sentences

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"You deserve the taws about your back, sirrah, to forget my sacred office so far as to speak so," said the minister.

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir

Their heads were not the heads of geese but of women artificially painted and with so-called taws, or marbles, for their eyes.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson

He may also strive to place his adversaries' taws within the inner ring, and to be careful in striking planets that they fall into the orbits where the forfeitures are small.

From The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering by Martin, William

Also there were three glass alleys, two agate taws and thirty-eight commies.

From The Seeker by Wilson, Harry Leon

Nor is it to be obviated, we fear, by any expression of extra solemnity thrown into the pedagogical face, or even by the taking of places or the taws.

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John