considering cap

Example Sentences

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I could not refrain from glancing over it on the spot, and I perceive I shall have to put on my sharpest spectacles and best considering cap.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

"You've got your considering cap on, camarade; what's it about?"

From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Wray, Fitzwater

I've worn my considering cap most of the time I've been away from you—and, Mav, I'm going to lay to heart the fruits of my experience.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.

Then he climbed back to the bench and sat himself down, and put on his considering cap to pass sentence.

From Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations by Dulac, Edmund

Well, now, sir, I did hear," replied Mrs. Duff, putting on her considering cap again, "it were some religious place, sir, that's talked of a good deal in the Bible.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.