capital fellow
Example Sentences
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"A capital fellow to make trousers, I know, but for his morality I can't vouch."
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
Charley is such a capital fellow, so thoroughly good and hearty, and I am sure he would cut off his little finger if he thought it would give Polly pleasure.
From A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
I did my best to arrange it so, and your lawyer was a capital fellow to deal with.
From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
A capital fellow and a nice little woman.
From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Alcott, Louisa May
He has become really a capital fellow, who knows something, and has his heart pretty much in the right place, like us all.
From Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) by Graeme, Elliott
