teacherish

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The vote was not nearly so unanimous as tall, teacherish President Eamon de Valera had hoped and expected, but at latest reports ratification of the new Constitution seemed certain by 560,000 votes to 436,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Splendid!" exclaimed eloquent, teacherish Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, who likes to think of himself in terms of the Republican Presidential nomination in 1936.

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Quietly jubilant in Dublin, teacherish President de Valera dryly said: In Melbourne last week the Beach Purity League was excoriated by Police Magistrate Stafford.

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"We would welcome expulsion from the British Commonwealth of Nations," earnestly announced tall, teacherish President Eamon de Valera of the Irish Free State last week.

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Though she wasn’t a welcome sight to me, I admit she cut a teacherish figure.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck