redcap

Example Sentences

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She then arranged for him to breed this first-generation Cosmopolitan Chicken with the English Redcap in an exhibition at her gallery that year.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2016

That decade, he worked with his future Morse mucker, John Thaw, who became a close friend, in Redcap, a TV series about the military police in which he prophetically played Thaw's boss.

From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2012

Moreover," added Redcap, "if ever danger threatens thee, knock thrice on this old chest, and the lid will rise, and I will speak; but beware lest thou lookest into it.

From Tales From Scottish Ballads by Stewart, Allan

Run, Redcap, and trudge about, Or bid your father's portership farewell.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

"Suppose we have some more out of 'em?" said Mr. Redcap.

From Catherine: a Story by Thackeray, William Makepeace